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IRWIN MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTERS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket Nos. A051352, A052325.

229 Cal.App.3d 151 (1991)

279 Cal. Rptr. 911

IRWIN MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTERS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; ALASTAIR FALCONER et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles Bond, Stefanie Y. Gandolfi, Tamara K. Daney, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr, Duncan Barr, Lisa T. Ungerer and Susan J. Reifel for Petitioner.

Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy and Robert L. Rusky as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Meis & Waite, Sarah Jane Burgess and Michael Pierce Singsen for Real Parties in Interest.

Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowsky, Wartnick, Moore & Harris and Anglia S. Benjamin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

PERLEY, J.

The petitioner, Irwin Memorial Blood Centers, challenges discovery orders providing for the deposition of blood donors who have been implicated as the source of HIV infection. We conclude that the orders violate Health and Safety Code section 199.20,1 which prohibits the identification of any individual subject to a blood test to detect antibodies to the probable causative agent of AIDS...

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