Legal Opinion
Borzillieri v. American National Red Cross
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 31, 1991No. CIV-89-1296CPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
CURTIN, District Judge.
This suit is brought by the executrix of Barbara Babcock, who died on July 5,1989, of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (“AIDS”) allegedly as a result of receiving tainted blood from defendants on April 23, 1984. Plaintiff claims the blood transfused to Mrs. Babcock—unit 31F69863—was infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”), the causative agent of AIDS. Unit 31F69863 was supplied to defendants by an unidentified donor (“donor X”) on March 26, 1984.
At the time donor X’s blood was taken, the cause of AIDS had not been isolated. Ironically, on the…
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