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RIVERA GONZALEZ v. COM. OF PUERTO RICO

Civ. No. 88-1940 (GG).

726 F.Supp. 10 (1989)

Rosa Esther RIVERA GONZALEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, American Red Cross, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Falcón & Fernández, Ulpiano Falcón, Hato Rey, P.R., for plaintiffs.

Cordero, Miranda & Pinto, Miguel A. Giménez Muñoz, San Juan, P.R., and Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for co-defendant, American Red Cross.

Harry Viera Villeneuve, San Juan, P.R., for co-defendant, Patient's Compensation Fund Admin.

Maria L. Jiménez Colón, San Juan, P.R., for co-defendant, Com. of Puerto Rico.

OPINION AND ORDER

GIERBOLINI, District Judge.

The present action was originally filed in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Part, alleging that plaintiffs' daughter contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from contaminated blood products negligently supplied by defendant American Red Cross, Caribbean Region (Red Cross), and received through transfusions at the Bayamó...

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