Legal Opinion
Advincula v. United Blood Services
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 22, 1995No. 1-94-3168PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO
delivered the opinion of the court:
Marietta Advincula (plaintiff) brought suit against United Blood Services (UBS), a blood bank, after her husband died of AIDS, which he contracted through blood supplied by UBS. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court entered on the jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiff.1
UBS is an operating division of Blood Systems, Inc. (BSD, a not-for-profit corporation. As such, it collects blood from volunteer donors at mobile blood drives and distributes it to, inter alia, area hospitals.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ward v. K Mart Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Cunningham v. MacNeal Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Certain Taxpayers v. SheahenIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Advincula v. United Blood ServicesIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
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- Advincula v. United Blood ServicesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
- Advincula v. United Blood ServicesIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
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