Legal Opinion
In Re Factor Viii or Ix Concentrate Blood Products Litigation. Domenico Gullone v. Bayer Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 2007No. 06-1427PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In the early 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic burst onto the scene. Its seriousness could not be overstated: AIDS ravaged the immune systems of its victims and seemed to be inevitably fatal. Although initially the disease seemed to target gay men, it soon became apparent that it could strike anyone who was exposed to it. According to a history of AIDS prepared by the National Institutes of Health, “By the summer of 1982, scientists had convincing evidence that AIDS must be caused by a blood-borne and sexually transmitted virus.” See “In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall…
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- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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