JOHNSON v. HOSPITAL OF MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PA.

Civ. A. No. 93-0388.

826 F.Supp. 942 (1993)

Ellen JOHNSON and Henry Johnson v. HOSPITAL OF the MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, James O. Finnegan, M.D., Paul Rodigas, M.D., Verneda M. Lights, M.D., Godson Kotia, M.D. and American Red Cross.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Kupersmith, Weinstein, Goss, Katzenstein, Schleifer & Eisenberg Assoc., Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.

Arthur M. Toensmeier, Post & Schell, P.C., Richard L. McMonigle, Jr., McKissock & Hoffman, P.C., Howard M. Klein, Patricia M. Hamill, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Ellen and Henry Johnson allege that Mrs. Johnson was negligently infected with the AIDS virus by a blood transfusion during surgery in 1983. The Johnsons initiated this action in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. When the Johnsons amended their complaint to include the American Red Cross ("Red Cross") as a defendant, the Red Cross removed the case to this court under 28 U.S.C....

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