Rogers v. Miles Laboratories, Inc.

The District Court for the Western District of Washington, pursuant to RCW 2.60.020, has certified to us the following question:

Whether, in Washington, the doctrine of strict liability is applicable to a for-profit pharmaceutical company for injuries allegedly resulting from the processing and supplying of blood products contaminated with HIV, the virus causing AIDS, where those blood products were derived from plasma obtained from compensated donors?

To answer this question, we consider first (in section II of this opinion) whether RCW 70.54.120 governs this case. By its terms, RCW 70.54.120…