Appeals Court Gives Boxing Referee Exposed to HIV Virus Another Chance

A California state appeals court has reversed a lower court and concluded that the California State Athletic Commission had “a mandatory duty” to test a boxer for HIV before issuing him a license to box and exposing a referee, the plaintiff, to the deadly virus.   The appeals court also concluded that the Commission's failure to require a current negative HIV test from boxer was not within “statutory licensing immunity.”   Ray Corona, Sr. and his wife, Arlene Corona sued the St