Bingham v. Lutheran General & Deaconess Hospitals

The plaintiff, Beate Bingham, executor of the estate of Robert Bingham, filed a twelve-count, wrongful-death and survival-action complaint against the defendant, the Lutheran General and Deaconess Hospitals, which had provided blood transfusions and related medical services to the deceased who was a patient at the hospital immediately prior to his death. Counts III and IV alleged that the hospital had breached warranties of merchantability and fitness by supplying him blood which contained hepatitis virus and Counts VII and VIII alleged that it was strictly liable in tort for injecting into…