District Court, E.D. California June 28, 1995, Civ. S-94-0207-WBS/PAN (Hamm v. American Home Products Corp.)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHUBB, District Judge.

This is a product liability action in which plaintiff, a nurse at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, seeks to recover both compensatory and punitive damages for injuries allegedly resulting from being accidentally

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stuck with a needle which had previously been in contact with AIDS infected blood.