Jappell v. American Ass'n of Blood Banks

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CACHERIS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendant American Association of Blood Banks’ Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiffs oppose the motion.

Background

Bernadette Mary Jappell was born at Arlington Hospital in Arlington, Virginia, on April 10, 1984. Motion for Judgment (“MFJ”) ¶ 4. While at Arlington Hospital, she received transfusions of blood and blood products from at least four donors. MFJ ¶¶ 5, 10. One or more of the blood products was contaminated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”), the virus that causes AIDS. MFJ ¶ 6. Plaintiffs Edward and…