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KLAUS v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA MED. ASSN. BLOOD BK.

Docket No. 37891.

62 Cal.App.3d 417 (1976)

133 Cal. Rptr. 92

LEE EDWARD KLAUS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BLOOD BANK, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

September 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hill & Connell and James D. Hill for Plaintiff and Appellant.

McNamara, Lewis & Craddick and Richard E. Dodge for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BROWN (H.C.), J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his action based upon strict liability against a nonprofit blood bank for personal injury allegedly caused by the transfusion of blood infected with serum hepatitis. (1) We conclude that the immunity from liability on this basis which was established by the Legislature in Health and Safety Code section 1606 must be applied to blood banks as it has already...

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