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DAY v. MOREHOUSE GENERAL HOSP.

No. 37,803-CA.

865 So.2d 924 (2004)

Wanda Ann Sellers DAY and Douglas C. Day, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MOREHOUSE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Layne Hammons, Shreveport, Annis Cornell Flournoy, for Appellants.

William Edward Bourgeois, Morgan City, for Appellee.

Before CARAWAY, DREW and MOORE, JJ.

DREW, J.

From a 1967 blood transfusion administered at Morehouse General Hospital (MGH), Wanda Ann Day contracted hepatitis C, which resulted in her 1999 death at age 63. The decedent and her husband brought a product/strict liability claim based upon the sale and administration of defective blood. Following her death, Mr. Day and the couple's adult children amended the petition and sued for damages for wrongful death based upon the contaminated blood. The trial jury...

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