Branch v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
636 So.2d 211 (1994)
Jerry Wayne BRANCH, et ux.
v.
WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER.
No. 92-CC-3086.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 28, 1994.
John L. Hammons, Nelson, Hammons & White, Shreveport, for applicant.
Milton Caldwell Roberts, Jr., Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport, for respondent.
DENNIS, Justice.[*]
This is a suit by Jerry Wayne Branch and his wife seeking strict tort products liability recovery from Willis-Knighton Medical Center ("WKMC") for damage sustained by the couple because Branch contracted hepatitis from contaminated blood sold to him in 1976 by WKMC. The only question at this…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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