Legal Opinion
Roth v. New York Blood Center, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 1993PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Diane A. Lebedeff, J.
Defendant New York Blood Center, Inc., doing business as The Greater New York Blood Program (the Center or blood bank), is a New York not-for-profit corporation which collects blood primarily from volunteer donors and distributes the blood and blood products to hospitals and research facilities for transfusions and biomedical research. In 1985, it supplied blood contaminated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to a hospital, which in turn transfused it to Sarah Bernardo (Bernardo), who later developed Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Seattle Times Co. v. RhinehartSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Perlmutter v. Beth David HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- John Doe v. Puget Sound Blood CenterWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- Mondello v. New York Blood CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- J.K. & Susie L. Wadley Research Institute & Blood Bank v. Beeson, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
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