Legal Opinion
Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center v. District Court In & For the City & County of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 17, 1988No. 88SA45PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
The petitioner, Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center, pursuant to C.A.R. 21, filed a petition to obtain a rule to show cause why the identities of volunteer blood donors, whose blood was transfused the respondent, K.W., should not be held confidential and privileged from discovery. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute in part and discharge the rule in part.
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On February 28, 1985, K.W. gave birth to a son, R.W., at Mercy Medical Center in Denver. On March 22, 1985, K.W. was readmitted to the hospital for a postpartum hemorrhage. An emergency…
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