British families win compensation over CJD deaths

Families of 14 young people who died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) as a result of treatment with human growth hormone as children won a victory last week in their battle for compensation.

The Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision last July that only those whose treatment began after 1 July 1977 were eligible for damages. Mr Justice Morland had held that treatment …