Legal Opinion
Osborn v. Irwin Memorial Blood Bank
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 8, 1992No. A044982PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERLEY, J.
The trial in this case has been reported as the first in the nation where a blood bank was found liable in connection with transmission of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus by a blood transfusion.
In February of 1983, at the age of three weeks, Michael Osborn contracted the AIDS virus from a blood transfusion in the course of surgery on his heart at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center. The blood used in the operation was supplied by the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank. Michael and his parents, Paul and Mary Osborn, sued Irwin and the…
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