HAMM v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP.

No. Civ. S-94-0207-WBS/PAN.

888 F.Supp. 1037 (1995)

Leisa M. HAMM, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION; Sherwood Medical Company, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; and Does 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

June 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen A. Lenihan, Greve Clifford Wengel and Paras, Sacramento, CA, for Leisa M. Hamm.

Stuart M. Gordon, Gordon and Rees, San Francisco, CA, for American Home and Sherwood Medical Co. Inc.

Beth S. Jordan, Landels Ripley and Diamond Hills Plaza, San Francisco, CA, for Abbott Laboratories.

Frank W. Lem, Hanna Brophy MacLean McAleer and Jensen, Sacramento, CA, for Mercy General Hosp.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHUBB, District Judge.

This is a product liability action in which plaintiff, a nurse at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, seeks to recover both compensatory and punitive damages for injuries allegedly resulting from being accidentally stuck with a needle which had previously been in contact with AIDS infected blood. The action was originally filed in state court and removed to...

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