SMITH v. BELLE BONFILS MEM. BLOOD CENTER

No. 97CA0800.

976 P.2d 344 (1998)

Christine SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELLE BONFILS MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1998.

Certiorari Denied May 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salmon, Lampert & Clor, P.C., John G. Salmon, S. Jane Mitchell, Victoria A. Tucker, Englewood, Colorado; Farrell, Goldstein, Seldin & New, Robert L. New, Englewood, Colorado; Smith & Young Law Offices, P.C., Susan Y. Young, Englewood, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Halaby, Cross, Liechty & Schluter, Theodore S. Halaby, Leslie L. Schluter, Denver, for Defendant-Appellee.


Opinion by Judge ROTHENBERG.

Plaintiff, Christine Smith, appeals from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center (Blood Center). We affirm.

In 1993, plaintiff was admitted to St. Anthony Hospital to treat a broken hip. While awaiting surgery, she received a unit of blood provided by Blood Center which was contaminated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). As a result of the transfusion, plaintiff was later...

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