Taylor v. West Penn Hospital

WETTICK, A.J.,

Plaintiff Nicholas Taylor underwent open heart surgery on January 5, 1985. During the course of his surgery, plaintiff received blood that had been donated to and distributed by the Central Blood Bank.

On March 16, 1985, a donor whose blood had been used during plaintiffs operation again donated blood to the Central Blood Bank. During the routine testing of this donor’s blood, the Central Blood Bank discovered that the donor had been exposed to the HTLV-III virus, the causative agent of AIDS.

In accordance with the procedures that the Central Blood Bank follows when it discovers…