Legal Opinion
Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Bank v. Hansen
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 12, 1978No. C-1392PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Groves
Upon the petition of Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Bank, we granted certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals to review this decision in 40 Colo. App. 17, 570 P.2d 1309 (1977), and we now affirm.
The respondent, Muriel Hansen, while a patient at Mercy Hospital, received a blood transfusion consisting of several units of blood supplied by the petitioner blood bank. She filed this action against the blood bank, claiming she had contracted serum hepatitis as a result of the transfusion, and that the blood bank was liable by reason of strict liability and breach of implied warranties. The trial…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Perlmutter v. Beth David HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Hiigel v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Cunningham v. MacNeal Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- St. Luke's Hospital v. SchmaltzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- Rostocki v. Southwest Florida Blood Bank, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Zichichi v. Middlesex Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- United Blood Services v. QuintanaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
- Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Bank v. HansenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- Roberts v. SUBURBAN HOSPITAL ASS'N, INC.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1987
- Smith v. Home Light and Power Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1987
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