Legal Opinion
Kaiser v. Memorial Blood Center of Minneapolis, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 24, 1992No. C5-91-636PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
This case comes to us with two questions certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. 938 F.2d 90. We are asked to clarify Minnesota law regarding the appropriate statute of limitations that applies to an action alleging negligence against a blood bank in the screening of blood and blood products and, if the two-year statute for medical malpractice actions applies, when the statute of limitations begins to run.
The suit was filed in Hennepin County District Court on September 1, 1988, by Patty Kaiser and her husband, James Kaiser. The complaint alleges…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grondahl v. BulluckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- State v. SuessSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Miles Laboratories, Inc. v. DoeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- Patty C. Kaiser and James Kaiser v. Memorial Blood Center of Minneapolis, Incorporated and American Red Cross, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Pletan v. GainesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- Anderson v. Anoka Hennepin Independent School District 11Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- D.A.B. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- M.L. v. MagnusonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
- Doe v. American National Red CrossWisconsin Supreme Court · 1993
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