Johnson v. American National Red Cross

Hines, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Johnson v. American Nat. Red Cross, 253 Ga. App. 587 (569 SE2d 242) (2002), to consider whether it erred in applying McAllister v. American Nat. Red Cross, 240 Ga. 246 (240 SE2d 247) (1977), and Russaw v. Martin, 221 Ga. App. 683 (472 SE2d 508) (1996), to bar negligence claims against the defendant American National Red Cross a/k/a American Red Cross (“Red Cross”). The suit arose from the Red Cross’s acceptance of blood from a donor who had lived in a region in Africa where a rare and undetectable strain of human immunodeficiency…