DOE v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL

No. 98-C-3058.

727 So.2d 1187 (1998)

John and Jane DOE, et al v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Mull, Frances Phares, Mull & Mull, Covington, and Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Michael W. Hill, Barham & Arceneaux, PLC, New Orleans, counsel for Plaintiffs-Relators.

Sara J. Gourley, Prentice H. Marshall, Jr., Tamar Kelber, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, and James B. Irwin, Francis P. Accardo, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, counsel for Defendants-Respondents.

Court composed of Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, and Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER.


WALTZER, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This matter arises from a trial in process of plaintiffs'-relators' petition alleging that Kenneth Dixon, a hemophiliac, became infected with HIV, the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by having used factor concentrate, a blood derivative sold by defendants-respondents.

On 20 November 1997, the trial court signed a Pre-Trial Order and Trial-Order referring respondents' exception of...

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