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HINES v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL

No. 1316.

527 P.2d 1075 (1974)

86 N.M. 763

Paul Hines and Tommie Hines, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, a non-profit corporation, and Blood Services, Inc., d/b/a Blood Services of New Mexico, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1974.

Certiorari Denied October 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Sager, Menig, Sager & Curran, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard C. Civerolo, Lawrence H. Hill, Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, Albuquerque, for appellee hospital.

Douglas L. Irish, Paul G. Ulrich, Lewis and Roca, Phoenix, Ariz., Robert D. Taichert, John P. Burton, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, for appellee Blood Services, Inc.

OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Tommie Hines, received transfusions of blood that came from defendant, Blood Services, Inc., during the course of a special fusion in July, 1970 at St. Joseph's Hospital. In September, 1970 Hines began treatment for what her doctor diagnosed as "most likely" serum hepatitis. Serum hepatitis can be transmitted by virus infected transfused blood. Hines and her husband sued St. Joseph's and Blood Services on the theories of...

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