DOE v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP.

No. 03-2651.

380 F.3d 399 (2004)

John DOE; Mary Doe, as Parents and John & Mary Doe as Guardians on behalf of John Doe, Jr.;, Appellants, v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION; Alpha Therapeutic Corporation; Bayer Corporation, Appellees, Cutter Biological, a Division of Miles, Inc.; Armour Pharmaceutical Company, Appellees. John Doe; Mary Doe, as Parents and Guardians on behalf of John Doe, Jr.; John Doe, Jr., Appellants, v. Cutter Biological, a Division of Miles, Inc.; Armour Pharmaceutical Company; Des Moines Plasma Center, Inc.; Siouxland Plasma Center, now known as Gagnard and Marceaux, Sioux City, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Wandro, argued, Des Moines, IA (Kimberly K. Baer, E. Ralph Walker, David J. Darrell, Glenn L. Norris, Des Moines, IA, Donald C. Arbitblit and Frabrice N. Vincent, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for appellant.

Richard J. Sapp, argued, Des Moines, IA, and Joseph K. Hetrick, Philadelphia, PA (Sara J. Gourley and Steven J. Ellison, Chicago, IL, David H. Luginbill, Des Moines, Frank J. O'Hara and Erin C. Fisher, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MAGILL, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellants, John and Mary Doe (collectively, "the Does"), sued the Defendant-Appellees, Armour Pharmaceutical Company ("Armour"), Alpha Therapeutic Corporation ("Alpha"), Baxter Healthcare Corporation ("Baxter"), and Bayer Corporation, f/k/a Cutter Biological ("Cutter"), in two separate actions in Iowa state court. They claimed that one of the defendants had negligently caused their son, John Doe, Jr. ("Doe Jr.") to become infected...

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