Donald RASMUSSEN, Petitioner,
v.
SOUTH FLORIDA BLOOD SERVICE, INC., Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 5, 1987.
January 5, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George C. Bender of Bender, Bender and Chandler, Coral Gables, for petitioner.
James E. Tribble and Diane H. Tutt of Blackwell, Walker, Fascell and Hoehl, Miami, for respondent.
Richard J. Ovelmen, General Counsel, Miami, and Edward Soto of the Law Offices of Edward Soto, P.A., Miami, for The Miami Herald Pub. Co., amicus curiae.
David E. Willett of Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers and Huber, San Francisco, Cal., for American Ass'n of Blood Banks, amicus curiae.
Michael H. Cardozo, Washington, D.C., for American Blood Com'n, amicus curiae.
B.J. Anderson and Kirk Johnson, Chicago, Ill., for American Medical Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Karen Shoos Lipton, Asst. General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for American Nat. Red Cross.
H. Robert Halper and Christina W. Fleps of O'Connor and Hannan, Washington, D.C., for Council of Community Blood Centers, amicus curiae.
Roger G. Welcher of the Law Offices of Roger G. Welcher, and Betsy E. Gallagher and Gail L. Kniskern of Talburt, Kubicki, Bradley and Draper, Miami, for Dade County Medical Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Thomas J. Guilday and Ralph A. DeMeo of Akerman, Senterfitt and Eidson, Tallahassee, for Florida Ass'n of Blood Banks, amicus curiae.
John Thrasher, Jacksonville, for Florida Medical Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Abby R. Rubenfeld, Managing Atty., Abraham L. Clott and Kevin Kopelson, Cooperating Attys., New York City, for Lambda Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Inc., amicus curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
BARKETT, Justice.
We have for review South Florida Blood Service, Inc. v. Rasmussen,467 So.2d 798 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). In that decision, the district court certified the following as a question of great public importance:
Do the privacy interests of volunteer blood donors and a blood service's and society's interest in maintaining a strong volunteer blood donation system outweigh a plaintiff's interest in discovering...
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