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BELLE BONFILS M. BL. CTR. v. DIST. COURT

No. 88SA45.

763 P.2d 1003 (1988)

BELLE BONFILS MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER; The Honorable J. Stephen Phillips, one of the Judges thereof; and C.W. and K.W. individually and as next best friend of their son, R.W., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breit, Best, Richman, and Bosch, P.C., John L. Breit, Susan Smith Fisher, Denver, for petitioner.

Peter Smith & Susan Young Law Offices, P.C. Peter M. Smith, Lakewood, for respondents C.W. and K.W.

Arnold & Porter, James J. Sandman, Bruce M. Chadwick, Denver, for amici curiae American Nat. Red Cross, American Ass'n of Blood Banks and Council of Community Blood Centers.

Thomas L. Roberts, JoAnne M. Zboyan, Englewood, for amicus curiae Colorado Hosp. Assn.

ERICKSON, Justice.

The petitioner, Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center, pursuant to C.A.R. 21, filed a petition to obtain a rule to show cause why the identities of volunteer blood donors, whose blood was transfused the respondent, K.W., should not be held confidential and privileged from discovery. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute in part and discharge the rule in part.

I.

On February 28, 1985, K.W. gave birth to a son...

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