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ADVINCULA v. UNITED BLOOD SERVICES

No. 1-94-3168.

654 N.E.2d 644 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 573

211 Ill.Dec. 182

Marietta ADVINCULA, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Ronaldo Advincula, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED BLOOD SERVICES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenner & Block, Chicago (Jerold S. Solovy, Michael T. Brody, Jeralyn H. Baran, Jeffrey W. Mayer, of counsel); Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ (Foster Robberson, of counsel), for appellant.

Margaret Byrne, Judith E. Fors, Chicago; Holland & Hart, Denver, CO (Maureen R. Witt, Elizabeth A. Phelan, Carlos A. Samour, of counsel), for appellee.

Presiding Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Marietta Advincula (plaintiff) brought suit against United Blood Services (UBS), a blood bank, after her husband died of AIDS which he contracted through blood supplied by UBS. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court entered on the jury's verdict in favor of plaintiff.1

UBS is an operating division of Blood Systems, Inc. (BSI), a...

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