Swanigan v. American National Red Cross

Harwell, Chief Justice:

Pursuant to Rule 228, SCACR, the following question has been certified to this court by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

Is an action against a blood collection agency for negligent collection, processing, and supplying of allegedly contaminated blood, including the health history screening of voluntary blood donors and the testing of their blood, governed by the statute of limitations and repose for medical malpractice actions codified in S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-545, or by the general statute of limitations for negligence actions…