KAISER v. MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER

No. C5-91-636.

486 N.W.2d 762 (1992)

Patty C. KAISER, et al., Appellants, v. MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER OF MINNEAPOLIS, INC., and the American Red Cross, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon L. Van Dyck, James R. Schwebel, Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., Minneapolis, and Fred G. Meis, Sarah Jane Burgess, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Kay Nord Hunt, David J. Dosedel, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, Minneapolis, for Memorial Blood Center of Mpls.

William P. Studer, Patrick C. Diamond, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, (Bruce M. Chadwick, Julia Erickson, Arnold & Porter, and Edward L. Wolff, American Red Cross, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Red Cross.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

This case comes to us with two questions certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. 938 F.2d 90. We are asked to clarify Minnesota law regarding the appropriate statute of limitations that applies to an action alleging negligence against a blood bank in the screening of blood and blood products and, if the two-year statute for medical malpractice actions applies, when the statute of limitations...

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