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STEINIK v. DOCTORS HOSP.

82 Misc.2d 97 (1975)

Irving Steinik et al., Plaintiffs, v. Doctors Hospital et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Nassau County.

May 28, 1975

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Furey, Mooney & Hengeveld for plaintiffs. Martin, Clearwater & Bell for Pioneer Blood Service, Inc., defendant. Joseph P. Carey for Doctors Hospital, defendant. Garbarini, Scher, DeCicco & Berardino for Community Blood Bank and Serum Service, defendant.

BERTRAM HARNETT, J.

Serum hepatitis is a debilitating, sometimes fatal, disease. Caused by a virus that is carried in the blood, it can be transmitted when a person receives a transfusion from an infected donor. This presents a serious medical problem because an infected donor is sometimes impossible to detect. If his case is mild, he himself might not even know he is sick. There is no known test that can be...

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