John Doe v. Puget Sound Blood Center

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1991-11-14

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Dore, C.J. (dissenting) — The main difference between our two opinions is that I would affirm, but in doing so, I endorse the trial judge's finding that the blood donor has no right of privacy preventing disclosure of his identity, once John Doe established a prima facie case that Donor X was the source of his contact with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Once such a prima facie case is established meeting the requirements…

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