Laburre v. East Jefferson General Hospital

ON APPLICATION FOR WRITS

KLIEBERT, Judge.

In January 1980 the plaintiff, Nelson La-Burre, was given three blood transfusions while hospitalized at the East Jefferson General Hospital. Subsequently he was informed he had hepatitis which was contracted from a blood transfusion. He brought a tort action against East Jefferson General Hospital (hereafter East Jefferson) and others. Ultimately Mercy Hospital (hereafter Mercy), who had supplied the blood for one transfusion, and the Blood Bank of Southeast Louisiana (hereafter Blood Bank), which had supplied two other units, were also made defendants.