Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-13-1987

Abstract

John T. Coffee and Meg Coffee appeal from a partial summary judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Burns, J.), entered in favor of Cutter Biological and Miles Laboratories, Inc., commercial producers of blood component products. Mr. Coffee, a hemophiliac who contracted acquired immune deficiency syndrome ("AIDS"), brought suit together with his wife under the provisions of Connecticut's product liability statute, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 52-572m et seq., alleging that he was exposed to the AIDS virus (or retro-virus) when he received an infusion of appellees' product, "antihemophilia factor (Human) Koate" ("Koate"). The district court held that Connecticut's "blood shield" statute, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 19a-280, barred appellants' product liability claim. We affirm.

Comments

809 F.2d 191 (1987)

John T. COFFEE and Meg Coffee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CUTTER BIOLOGICAL and Miles Laboratories, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 294, Docket No. 86-7583.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued October 28, 1986.

Decided January 13, 1987.

New York Law School location: File #251, Box # 118

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