Legal Opinion
Barton v. American Red Cross
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 9, 1993No. Civ. A. 91-T-1001-SPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, R.A. Barton and her husband and two sons, have brought this lawsuit claiming that defendants, the American Red Cross and Eoline McGowan, M.D., negligently and wantonly failed to screen properly for HIV-infected blood that was given to Mrs. Barton in a transfusion. The Bartons rest their claim on the Alabama Medical Liability Act (AMLA), Ala.Code 1975 §§ 6-5-480 to -488, 6-5-540 to -552. The Bartons also charge the defendants with fraudulently suppressing for six months the knowledge that the blood donor had tested HIV-positive on a…
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