Legal Opinion
Doe v. Cutter Biological, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1992No. Nos. 89-15274, 89-15839PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
John Doe and John Smith filed separate suits against the manufacturers of a blood clotting factor and the United States. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants in both cases. Because the two cases raise similar issues, we have consolidated them for the purposes of this appeal.
OVERVIEW
John Doe and John Smith are hemophiliacs who have tested HIV positive. They received a clotting agent known as Factor VIII from Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC). Factor VIII enables the blood of hemophiliacs to clot. In the United States, Factor VIII is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
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