D.J.L. v. ARMOUR PHARMACEUTICAL CO.


307 N.J. Super. 61 (1997)

D.J.L., PLAINTIFF, v. ARMOUR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Middlesex County.

Decided September 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Williams and George W. Conk (Tulipan & Conk, attorneys) for plaintiff, D.J.L.; Mr. Williams, Mr.Conk, Ronald B. Grayzel (Levinson, Axelrod, Wheaton, Grayzel, Caulfield, Marcolus & Dunn, attorneys) and Eric H. Weinberg, on the brief.

Michael R. Cole (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti) for defendant, Armour Pharmaceutical Company; Mr. Cole, Susan M. Sharko (Shanley & Fisher, attorneys) and Sara J. Gourley (Sidley & Austin, attorneys, admitted Pro Hac Vice) on the brief.

John L. Thurman (Mason, Griffin & Pierson, attorneys) argued the cause on behalf of the State of New Jersey; Mr. Thurman and George W. Fisher on the brief.


WOLFSON, J.S.C.

I. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

This case involves plaintiff's claim that he contracted AIDS after taking anti-hemophiliac factor (AHF), a medicine prescribed for the treatment of hemophilia, and manufactured by the defendant, Armour Pharmaceutical Company (Armour). The question before the court is whether N.J.S.A. 2A:14-26.1 (the Act) which effectively extended the limitations period for certain civil suits against the proprietary plasma...

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