Sud je odbio prihvatiti dokaze koji govore o tome da je zaraza izbila najmanje godinu dana prije 1988, kad su medicinari stigli u Libiju, i vjerovatno je uzrokovana lošim higijenskim uslovima.
The court refused to accept evidence suggesting the outbreak predated the medics' 1998 arrival in Libya by at least a year, and was likely due to poor hygenic conditions.