N.N v. v. American Ass'n of Blood Banks

Opinion

KREMER, P. J.

N.N.V., a minor, appeals a judgment in favor of the American Association of Blood Banks (hereafter AABB) and Raquel V. Lugo, R.N., on his complaint seeking damages for developing acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a result of a blood transfusion during surgery in December 1984.

On appeal, N.N.V. contends the court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the AABB on the basis the AABB owed no duty of care and had breached no duty of care owed to N.N.V. as to recommendations it made prior to December 1984 about reducing the risk of AIDS transmission *1364through…