BARTON v. AMERICAN RED CROSS

Civ. A. No. 91-T-1001-S.

829 F.Supp. 1290 (1993)

R.A. BARTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN RED CROSS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, S.D.

July 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Prestwood, Andalusia, AL, Alvin Prestwood, Linda G. Smith, Joseph Borg, Ben Fuller, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiffs.

Kathryn H. Sumrall, Birmingham, AL, for movant/intervenor.

Tony Miller, Jeffrey Grantham, Warren B. Lightfoot, Birmingham, AL, Bruce Chadwick, Deena R. Bernstein, Kathleen Behan, David P. Gersch, Washington, DC, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, R.A. Barton and her husband and two sons, have brought this lawsuit claiming that defendants, the American Red Cross and Eoline McGowan, M.D., negligently and wantonly failed to screen properly for HIV-infected blood that was given to Mrs. Barton in a transfusion. The Bartons rest their claim on the Alabama Medical Liability Act (AMLA), Ala.Code 1975 §§ 6-5-480 to -488, 6-5-540 to ...

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