UNITED BLOOD SERVICES v. QUINTANA

No. 91SC172.

827 P.2d 509 (1992)

UNITED BLOOD SERVICES, A DIVISION OF BLOOD SYSTEMS, INC., Petitioner, v. Chris and Susie QUINTANA, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downey & Douglas, P.C., Arthur H. Downey, Laurel E. Adams, Denver, Lewis & Roca, Steven J. Labensky, Susan M. Freeman, Phoenix, Ariz., for petitioner.

Holland & Hart, A. Bruce Jones, Maureen Reidy Witt, Steven C. Choquette, Denver, for respondents.

Arnold & Porter, P.C., Richard P. Barkley, Denver, for amici curiae American Nat. Red Cross, American Ass'n of Blood Banks, and Council of Community Blood Centers.

Williams, Youle & Koenigs, P.C., Robert E. Youle, Denver, for amici curiae College of American Pathologists, American Soc. of Clinical Pathologists, and Colorado Soc. of Clinical Pathologists.

Vinton, Waller, Slivka & Panasci, Kevin D. Allen, Margaret M. McClellan, Denver, for amici curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n and Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America.


Justice QUINN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In Quintana v. United Blood Services, 811 P.2d 424 (Colo.App.1991), the court of appeals reversed a judgment entered on a jury verdict for the defendant, United Blood Services (UBS), in a negligence action brought by the plaintiffs, Mrs. Susie Quintana and her husband, Chris Quintana. The Quintanas claimed that UBS, a blood bank, was...

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