Opinion
Docket No. 24340.
Decided February 19, 1976. Leave to appeal denied, 397 Mich ___.
Appeal from Oakland, William R. Beasley, J. Submitted January 15, 1976, at Detroit. (Docket No. 24340.) Decided February 19, 1976. Leave to appeal denied, 397 Mich ___.
Complaint by Doris A. Burr, administratrix of the estate of Robert H. Burr, deceased, against William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan Regional Blood Center of the American Red Cross, and Michigan Community Blood Center, Inc., seeking damages for wrongful death. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
Kenneth A. Webb, P.C., for plaintiff.
Vandeveer, Garzia, Tonkin, Kerr Heaphy, P.C., for defendant Michigan Regional Blood Center.
Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk Pedersen (by John P. Jacobs and J.P. O'Leary), for defendant Michigan Community Blood Center.
Kitch Suhrheinrich, P.C. (by Gregory Drutchas), for defendant William Beaumont Hospital.
Before: McGREGOR, P.J., and BASHARA and ALLEN, JJ.
Plaintiff's wrongful death action, charging defendants with breach of warranty in the transfusion of blood, was dismissed by the trial court pursuant to defendants' motion for accelerated or summary judgment. Plaintiff appeals.
When read to give effect to the most reasonable and probable intent of the Legislature, 1967 PA 174 (MCLA 691.1511; MSA 14.528[1]) precludes the implication of warranties in a blood transfusion transaction where no medical test is available to ascertain the fitness of the blood.
Inasmuch as plaintiff has admitted that there was no such medical test available at the time of the blood transfusions in question, the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's action was proper.
Affirmed.