Legal Opinion
Russo v. Merck & Co.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 19, 1956No. Civ. A. 1892PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, District Judge.
In this action the plaintiff in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of Thomas D. Russo seeks to recover damages for the wrongful death of her intestate. Her complaint alleges his death resulted from the administration to him by his physician while he was a patient in a hospital of blood plasma, manufactured and sold by the defendant to said hospital, which contained poisonous substances.
The complaint is in two counts. The first alleges that the intestate’s death was caused by the negligence of the defendant ; the second purports to state a cause of action in…
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