Legal Opinion
Katz ex rel. S.S. v. Children's Hospital of Orange County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1994No. 92-56393PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
In this ease, we must decide a difficult question: under California law, at what point does a cause of action accrue, and what is the appropriate limitations period, for a medical malpractice action brought by a minor infected "with the HIV virus?
Factual and Procedural Background
In December 1983, at the age of four years and three months, the appellant in this case, known as minor “S.S.” (“Appellant”), received a blood transfusion at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (“Children’s Hospital”). The blood had been supplied by the American Red Cross (“the Red…
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