MURRAY v. HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER


429 Pa.Super. 625 (1993)

633 A.2d 196

Dorthea MURRAY, Executrix of the Estate of Perry Murray, Deceased, and Dorthea Murray in her own right, Appellant, v. HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER OF the CITY OF ERIE, a Corporation, Community Blood Bank of Erie County, a Corporation, George J. D'Angelo, M.D., Individually and George F. Kish, M.D., Individually, both d/b/a the D'Angelo Clinic v. REGIONAL CLINICAL LABORATORIES OF NORTHEASTERN PA and Pathology Associates of Erie, Inc. (Two Cases)

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklyn E. Conflenti, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Harry Kunselman, Pittsburgh, for Hamot Medical, appellee.

John W. Beatty, Erie, for Community Blood Bank, appellee.

Patricia J. Kennedy, Erie, for D'Angelo, M.D. & Kish, M.D., appellees.

Before CAVANAUGH, BECK and CERCONE, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge.

The issues raised in this appeal concern the proper application of the statute of limitations for personal injury arising out of the contraction of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

The circumstances of this case are tragic, indeed. In June, 1985, the decedent, Perry Murray, was admitted to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, for open heart surgery. During surgery, Mr. Murray...

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