WILSON v. AMERICAN RED CROSS

1901876.

600 So.2d 216 (1992)

Gerald WILSON, v. AMERICAN RED CROSS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Dutton of Pittman, Hooks, Marsh, Dutton & Hollis, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

W. Michael Atchison, Jeffrey E. Friedman and Mark W. Macoy of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee.


STEAGALL, Justice.

Gerald Wilson underwent cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in February 1986 at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. During the surgery and recovery period, Wilson received several units of blood that had been supplied by the American Red Cross (hereinafter "Red Cross"). After his surgery, Wilson tested positive for hepatitis B. Wilson, claiming that he had contracted hepatitis B from the blood he had received, sued the Red Cross, alleging...

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