JACKSON v. MUHLENBERG HOSP.


96 N.J. Super. 314 (1967)

232 A.2d 879

FANNIE LOU JACKSON AND CULBERT JACKSON, HER HUSBAND, PLAINTIFFS, v. MUHLENBERG HOSPITAL, A CORPORATION, EASTERN BLOOD BANK, A CORPORATION, AND ESSEX COUNTY BLOOD BANK, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided July 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Irwin B. Seligsohn, for plaintiffs (Messrs. Balk, Jacobs, Goldberger & Mandell, attorneys).

Mr. Thomas T. Chappell, for defendant Muhlenberg Hospital (Messrs. Lamb, Blake, Hutchinson & Dunne, attorneys).

Mr. Eugene M. Purcell, for defendant Eastern Blood Bank (Messrs. Stevens & Mathias, attorneys).

Mr. John B. Stone, Jr., for defendant Essex County Blood Bank (Messrs. Ryan, Saros, Davis & Stone, attorneys).


FULOP, J.S.C.

These are motions for summary judgment in favor of defendants Eastern Blood Bank (hereinafter referred to as Blood Bank) and Muhlenberg Hospital (hereinafter referred to as hospital). The legal issue is the liability of a commercial blood bank and a hospital for the contracting of hepatitis by a patient as a result of blood transfusions.

Plaintiff Fannie Lou Jackson was hospitalized at Muhlenberg...

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