Legal Opinion
Murray v. Hamot Medical Center
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 4, 1993No. 02016PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, Judge.
The issues raised in this appeal concern the proper application of the statute of limitations for personal injury arising out of the contraction of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
The circumstances of this case are tragic, indeed. In June, 1985, the decedent, Perry Murray, was admitted to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, for open heart surgery. During surgery, Mr. Murray required a blood transfusion, which his doctors administered. In June of 1987, Hamot Medical Center officials learned that the donor of…
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