Legal Opinion
North American Biologicals Inc., Seattle Plasma Corp. v. Illinois Employers Insurance of Wausau
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1991No. 90-5207PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge:
North American Biologicals Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Seattle Plasma Corp., appellants (plaintiffs in the federal district court below), produce blood plasma. In July, 1986, appellants, among others, were named as defendants in a suit instituted in the Superior Court of King Coun ty, Washington (Superior Court) by one John Doe, a hemophiliac, who contended that he had become infected with AIDS after receiving transfusion of products of defendants containing AIDS antibodies. In that state court case, John Doe, claiming to represent a purported…
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