Jones v. Methodist Healthcare

OPINION

W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and HOLLY K. LILLARD, J., joined.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sued Defendants alleging that Husband was negligently supplied with untested or contaminated blood and blood products during his hospitalization in 1986. Defendants are the Hospital and suppliers of blood and blood products. Husband learned for the first time on May 7, 1999, that he had contacted HIV and suffered from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The trial court dismissed the complaint on the basis that it was barred by the ten year statute of repose set forth in Tenn. Code.…