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SWANIGAN v. AMERICAN NAT. RED CROSS

No. 23961.

438 S.E.2d 251 (1993)

Rhudine SWANIGAN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Pumpy W. Swanigan, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, d/b/a American Red Cross, Central South Carolina Chapter S.C. Regional Blood Services, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Henshaw, Jr. of Furr & Henshaw, and Benjamin M. Mabry, of Cromer & Mabry, Columbia, for plaintiff.

Stephen G. Morrison, Stuart M. Andrews, Jr. and Daniel J. Westbrook, all of Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough, Columbia, David P. Gersch, of Arnold & Porter, Washington DC, for defendant.

HARWELL, Chief Justice:

Pursuant to Rule 228, SCACR, the following question has been certified to this court by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

Is an action against a blood collection agency for negligent collection, processing, and supplying of allegedly contaminated blood, including the health history screening of voluntary blood donors and the testing of their blood, governed by the statute of limitations and repose...

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