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McKINSTRIE v. HENRY FORD HOSPITAL

Docket No. 17974.

55 Mich. App. 659 (1974)

223 N.W.2d 114

McKINSTRIE v. HENRY FORD HOSPITAL

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charfoos & Charfoos, P.C., for plaintiffs.

Kitch, Suhrheinrich & Getto, P.C. (by Gregory G. Drutchas), for defendant Henry Ford Hospital.

Richard H. Scholl, for defendant Midwest Blood Services, Inc.

Amicus Curiae: Dingell, Hylton & Zemmol, for American National Red Cross.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and ALLEN and ELLIOTT, JJ.

J.H. GILLIS, P.J.

On November 11, 1970, plaintiff Betty McKinstrie was operated on at Henry Ford Hospital. During the operation she received two units of blood, which was supplied to the hospital by defendant Midwest Blood Service, Inc. Mrs. McKinstrie was released, but readmitted on January 1, 1971 with serum hepatitis. Plaintiffs then brought this action claiming that serum hepatitis is a disease which comes from blood and that the blood transfusion given by defendant...

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