CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON IN
KIMBERLY ROGERS, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem, Plaintiff,
v.
MILES LABORATORIES, INC., ET AL, Defendants.
The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 10, 1991.
January 10, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Perey Langley, by Ron J. Perey and Julia A. Langley, for plaintiffs.
Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt & Lenihan, by Bert Markovich; O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr, by Susan Reifel; and McDermott, Will & Emery, by Geoffrey R.W. Smith, for defendant Miles Laboratories, Inc.
George, Hull & Porter, P.S., by Laurie D. Kohli and Dechert Price & Rhoads, by Richard L. Berkman, for defendant Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Robert H. Whaley and Bryan P. Harnetiaux on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae for plaintiffs.
David M. Jacobi and Bruce W. Chadwick on behalf of the American Red Cross, amicus curiae for defendants.
Leonard B. Barson and Pinckney M. Rohrback on behalf of Puget Sound Blood Center, amicus curiae for defendants.
The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
CALLOW, C.J.
The District Court for the Western District of Washington, pursuant to RCW 2.60.020, has certified to us the following question:
Whether, in Washington, the doctrine of strict liability is applicable to a for-profit pharmaceutical company for injuries allegedly resulting from the processing and supplying of blood products contaminated with HIV, the virus causing AIDS, where those blood products were derived from plasma obtained from compensated...
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