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REED v. ST. CHARLES GENERAL HOSP.

Nos. 2008-CA-0430, 2008-CA-0431, 2008-C-0570 to 2008-C-0573.

11 So.3d 1138 (2009)

Joe REED, Husband of and Dorothy Reed v. ST. CHARLES GENERAL HOSPITAL. Dorothy Reed v. St. Charles General Hospital. Dorothy Reed v. St. Charles General Hospital. Dorothy Reed v. St. Charles General Hospital. Dorothy Reed v. St. Charles General Hospital. Dorothy Reed v. St. Charles General Hospital.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russ M. Herman, James C. Klick, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Eugene Reed, Frank Day, Sunny Day Collins, and Clyde Donald Day, Individually and as Legally Designated Heirs of and on Behalf of the Estates of Joseph and Dorothy Reed.

Guy C. Curry, Suzanne Ford LaNasa, Curry & Friend, PLC, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund/Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board.

Stephen M. Pizzo, Craig R. Watson, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for St. Charles General Hospital.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge PAUL A. BONIN).

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

Mr. Joe Reed entered St. Charles General in 1985 and received a transfusion of blood contaminated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The virus did not manifest itself for several years during which time Mr. Reed, unknowingly but tragically, communicated the virus to his wife, Dorothy Reed.

On November 12, 1988 Mr. Reed died of AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. His wife's death...

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