Recovery for 1,354 Spanish Hemophiliacs Infected with HIV Virus An international pharmaceutical company distributed a blood factor concentrate that was contaminated with the HIV virus to hemophiliacs in Spain. Because of our success in the thalidomide cases, Raynes McCarty was retained to represent all infected Spaniards. After assembling a team of top Spanish legal and medical experts, Stephen Raynes and Arthur Raynes were able to compel a substantial settlement.