Legal Opinion
In re Human Tissue Litigation
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 2012PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*186OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph J. Maltese, J.
In these coordinated mass tort actions of first impression, this court is called upon to evaluate the boundaries of civil liability in the procurement of human tissue for processing from decedents, without the consent of the decedents before their death or the consent of their next of kin after death.
This court ordered that 22 of the pending 46 actions coordinated for discovery are certified as “trial ready.” The defendants, RTI Donor Services, Inc., RTI Biologies, Inc., formerly known as Regeneration Technologies, Inc., and Tutogen Medical (United…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Murphy v. American Home Products Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Espinal v. Melville Snow Contractors, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Colavito v. New York Organ Donor Network, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2006
- Melfi v. Mount Sinai HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Wolkstein v. MorgensternAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Kennedy-McInnis v. Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd.District Court, W.D. New York · 2016
- Drever v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2014