Beaudoin v. South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Michael Beaudoin appealed from a judgment dismissing without prejudice his action against South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (“South Texas”). We conclude South Texas was properly served with process, and we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

[¶ 2] Beaudoin had his right patellar tendon surgically replaced on August 23, 2000, in Dickinson, North Dakota, with a tendon removed from a cadaver in Texas. At the request of a Connecticut corporation, South Texas shipped the tendon to Dickinson. Beaudoin sued South Texas, alleging the tendon was not sterile, and…