CROSS v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL, DIV. OF MILES INC.

No. 94-CA-1477.

676 So.2d 131 (1996)

Gary W. CROSS, Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Son, Darren Bradley Cross and Karen Cross v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL, A DIVISION OF MILES, INC., Armour Pharmaceutical Company, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, Tulane University School of Medicine, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mull & Mull, Thomas Wilson Mull, Lorraine S. Mull, Covington, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Charles L. Chassaignac, Jonathan C. McCall, Mary L. Meyer, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, New Orleans, Fulbright & Jaworski, Terry O. Tottenham, Austin, Texas, for Defendant/Appellee Miles Inc.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, James B. Irwin, Robert E. Durgin, Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, Sidley & Austin, Douglas F. Fuson, Sara J. Gourley, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendant/Appellee, Armour Pharmaceutical Company.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre Stewart E. Niles, Patricia A. Bethancourt, Virginia W. Gundlach, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellees, Dr. Andes and The Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund d/b/a Tulane Medical Center Hospital & Clinic.

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Gary and Karen Cross' son was a hemophiliac who contracted AIDS through a contaminated blood derivative prescribed for his hemophilia. The Crosses appeal a jury verdict in favor of Miles, Inc. (successor to Cutter Laboratories), Dr. Abe Andes, and Tulane University School of Medicine. The Crosses also appeal a directed verdict in favor of Armour Pharmaceutical Company. Miles and Armour answered the appeal.

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