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ESTATE OF DOE v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, INC

958 S.W.2d 117 (1997)

ESTATE OF Jane DOE and John Doe, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, INC. dba Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied November 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abby R. Rubenfeld, Rubenfeld & Associates, Nashville, A. Bruce Jones, Patricia Dean, Holland & Hart, Denver, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

John S. Bryant, Bass Berry & Sims, Nashville, for Defendant/Appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court November 24, 1997.

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

In August of 1984, Jane Doe was transfused with blood contaminated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Years later, she and her husband John Doe sued Vanderbilt University d/b/a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Vanderbilt) for its failure in 1987 and 1988 to individually notify former patients who had received...

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