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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jul. 29, 2003

No Strict Liability in Transplant Of Tissue

SAN FRANCISCO - Suppliers of human tissue for medical procedures cannot be sued for strict liability because they provide a health service, not a product, a state appellate court has ruled.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Suppliers of human tissue for medical procedures cannot be sued for strict liability because they provide a health service, not a product, a state appellate court has ruled.
        A unanimous panel of the San Jose-based 6th District Court of ...

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