Maximum seven-figure recovery

A retired man from Erie contracted AIDS as a result of a tainted blood transfusion that he received from Hamot Hospital in Erie during a routine surgical procedure. Tragically, the man died from AIDS. A claim was filed against the hospital on the ground that they gave the patient blood, which they knew had not been tested for the AIDS virus even though they had other blood available for the patient, which had been tested and found to be safe. This was one of the first AIDS transfusion cases filed in the United States, and we obtained a maximum seven-figure recovery on behalf of this unfortunate man’s widow.