Transfusion-Associated AIDS

• Author: Robert K. Jenner; Contributors: Sarah Jane Burgess, David M. Kopstein, Kenneth E. Labowitz, Melissa Miller, Sidney Schupak, and Robert Stein.
• ISBN 10: 0-913875-14-7
• ISBN 13: 978-0-913875-14-8
• Copyright Date Ed: August 2, 1995
• Pages: 165 pages
• Binding Information: Hardcover
• Size: 6 ✕ 9 Inches (US)

Essential for all tort lawyers handling AIDS cases.

Have you had trouble finding relevant information and cases for your transfusion-associated AIDS litigation? Have you spent hours at the law library, only to return to the office tired, frustrated and empty-handed? Do you wish that someone would make your research--and your life--easier by compiling the information you need about AIDS in one convenient text? If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, you'll want to order Transfusion-Associated AIDS right away.

Transfusion-associated AIDS litigation has become a particularly complex topic for tort lawyers due to the lack of comprehensive information. What makes fact-finding so difficult? Attorneys conducting research typically encounter a multitude of frustrations, largely because there has been an inconsistency of published outcomes. Additionally, some cases settle before litigation is instituted and more are settled quietly, with defendants insisting on confidentiality orders protecting both the fact of settlement and terms of the agreement.

This invaluable manual can help clear the confusion because it includes all the necessary reference information available. You'll find a representative sampling of case citations and medical literature references that illustrate the issues involved in transfusion-associated AIDS litigation.

Forget wasting time on frustrating research; you'll find the facts you need to prepare your case in Transfusion-Associated AIDS.

The author, Robert K. Jenner, has represented many clients with HIV. His book is the most complete summary of the law, tactics, and pleadings regarding transfusion-associated AIDS, infection liability, and other AIDS-related tort issues ever published.

Topics covered include:

• blood products and the blood resources systems
• chronology of AIDS
• plaintiff's lawsuit
• statute of limitations
• protective orders
• negligence: blood bank liability
• industry "standards" of care
• donor discovery
• physician liability
• trial
• hemophilia-associated AIDS
• infection liability
• fear of AIDS
• health services discrimination
• HIV law and litigation in the employment setting

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I: AIDS and the Blood Banking System

Chapter 1: Blood Products and the Blood Resources Systems
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Chapter 2: Chronology of AIDS
Robert K. Jenner

Part II: Evaluating the Case

Chapter 3: Plaintiff's Law Suit
Robert K. Jenner

Chapter 4: Statute of Limitations
Robert K. Jenner

Chapter 5: Protective Orders
Robert K. Jenner

Part III: Liability

Chapter 6: Negligence: Blood Bank Liability
Robert K. Jenner and Sidney Schupak

Chapter 7: Industry "Standards" of Care
Robert K. Jenner

Chapter 8: Donor Discovery
David M. Kopstein

Chapter 9: Physician Liability
Robert K. Jenner

Chapter 10: Trial
Robert K. Jenner and Sarah

Part IV: Related Tort Issues
Chapter 11: Hemophilia-Associated AIDS

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Chapter 12: Infection Liability
Robert K. Jenner

Chapter 13: Fear of AIDS
Robert K. Jenner and Melissa Miller

Part V: Protecting the Rights of People

Chapter 14: Health Services Discrimination
Kenneth E. Labowitz

Chapter 15: HIV Law and Litigation in the Employment Setting
Robert Stein

Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E

Glossary

Index

Authors