GARRISON v. BLOOD CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST LA

No. 2001-CA-0335.

817 So.2d 309 (2002)

Hilda N. GARRISON, Marva Joseph, Todd Powers Powell, Joan B. Wilson, Individually and as Representatives of the Class v. BLOOD CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, St. Charles General Hospital, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Touro Infirmary, Individually, and as Representatives of the Defendant Class.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith D. Jones, Jones, Aaron & Smith, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Bruce D. Burglass, Jr., Celeste Brustowicz, Susannah R. Cooley, Burglass & Tankersley, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendants/Appellants.

(Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY).


Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.

Defendant, the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors ["the Board"], which operates eleven State charity hospitals, appeals the trial court's denial of its exception of prematurity. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The four named plaintiffs, who each received a blood transfusion at a Louisiana hospital or blood bank prior to July 15, 1983, filed the instant petition June 16, 1999...

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