WAAGE v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL DIV.

No. S-6059/6849.

926 P.2d 1145 (1996)

Christopher WAAGE, Appellant, v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL DIVISION OF MILES LABORATORIES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Stepovich, Stepovich, Kennelly & Stepovich, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Steven S. Tervooren, Hughes Thorsness Gantz Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Christopher Waage is a hemophiliac who infused "Koate," a blood-clotting agent manufactured by the Cutter Biological Division of Miles Laboratories, Inc. (Miles). Waage sued Miles in September 1990, alleging that he contracted the AIDS virus from a batch of contaminated Koate he used in 1983. The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of Miles, ruling that the applicable statute of limitations...

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