ALLEN v. ST. LUKE'S HOSP. OF KANSAS CITY

No. KCD 27780.

532 S.W.2d 505 (1975)

Maxine ALLEN and William S. Allen, Appellants, v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied January 12, 1976.

Application to Transfer Denied March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Russell, Raytown, John R. Oliver, Overland Park, Kan., for appellants.

John M. Kilroy, W. James Foland, Kansas City, of Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, of counsel, for respondent.

Before WASSERSTROM, P.J., and SHANGLER and DIXON, JJ.


SHANGLER, Judge.

The petition of the plaintiff Maxine Allen alleged that while a patient at the defendant St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, the defendant negligently selected and transfused her with contaminated blood, so that she contracted serum hepatitis and suffered damage. Her husband also claimed damage for loss of consortium by a separate count of the petition.

The answer of the defendant was a general denial and a plea of limitations on the contention...

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