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ROCHE v. AMERICAN RED CROSS

Civ. A. No. 87-2293-K.

680 F.Supp. 449 (1988)

Frances E. ROCHE, Individually on Behalf of the Decedent's Next of Kin, and as Executrix of the Estate of Thomas J. Roche, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN RED CROSS, the Children's Hospital, and John Doe, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo V. Boyle, Meehan, Boyle & Cohen, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Peter B. Ellis, Amy Woodward, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KEETON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Frances Roche, originally filed this action in Suffolk County Superior Court. The complaint alleges that plaintiff's late husband contracted AIDS from contaminated blood products negligently supplied by defendant American Red Cross ("Red Cross") and/or defendant Children's Hospital. On September 16, 1987, the Red Cross, joined by co-defendant Children's Hospital, filed a petition for removal to...

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