WILLIAM AND ROSLYN SNYDER, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,
v.
HAROUTUNE MEKHJIAN, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY AND HAROUTUNE MEKHJIAN, M.D., P.C.; YOUNGICK LEE, M.D.; WILMO OREJOLA, M.D.; ANTHONY LOSARDO, M.D.; LEONARD SAVINO, M.D.; JOHN DOE, M.D.; A FICTITIOUS NAME; RICHARD ROE, M.D.; A FICTITIOUS NAME; JOHN ROE, M.D., A FICTITIOUS NAME; JOHN SMITH, M.D., A FICTITIOUS NAME; JOHN JONES, M.D., A FICTITIOUS NAME; ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL; ST. JOSEPH'S BLOOD BANK; ANTHONY PASSARO, W BLOOD BANK, A FICTITIOUS NAME; DR. JOHN KALIAN; Y BLOOD BANK, A FICTITIOUS NAME; Z BLOOD BANK, A FICTITIOUS NAME; XYZ BLOOD BANK, A FICTITIOUS NAME; JANE DOE, A FICTITIOUS NAME; RICHARD ROE, A FICTITIOUS NAME; JOSEPH WILLIAMS, A FICTITIOUS NAME; JOSEPH ROGERS, A FICTITIOUS NAME; GREGORY SMITH, A FICTITIOUS NAME; JOSEPH SMITH, A FICTITIOUS NAME; JANE SMITH, A FICTITIOUS NAME; WILLIAM SMITH, A FICTITIOUS NAME; INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AGENTS, EMPLOYEES AND SERVANTS OF ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, DEFENDANTS, AND BERGEN COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND LAWRENCE WILKINSON, M.D. AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
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Argued May 6, 1991.
Decided July 31, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roger G. Ellis argued the cause for appellant (Bumgardner, Hardin & Ellis, attorneys; M. Christie Wise, on the briefs).
Edwin R. Matthews argued the cause for respondent American Association of Blood Banks (Cuyler, Burk & Matthews, attorneys; Edwin R. Matthews and Karla M. Donovan, on the brief).
Peter L. Korn argued the cause for respondent Lawrence Wilkinson, M.D. (McDonough, Korn & Eichhorn, attorneys; Thomas M. Moriarty, on the briefs).
George T. Baxter argued the cause for respondents William and Roslyn Snyder.
Robert W. Donnelly, Jr., submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of defendants Haroutune Mekhjian, M.D. and Youngick Lee, M.D. (Dughi and Hewitt, attorneys).
Milton Gurny submitted a letter brief on behalf of defendant St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Hein, Smith, Berezin, Maloof, Spinella & Rodgers, attorneys).
Michael J. Haas, Deputy Attorney General, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of amicus curiae State Department of Health (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the Appellate Division opinion, reported at 244 N.J.Super. 281, 582 A.2d 307 (1990).
POLLOCK, J., concurring.
We granted defendants' motion for leave to appeal, ___ N.J. ___ (1991), to consider whether a patient who alleges that he received an HIV-positive blood transfusion may obtain limited...
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