A lawyer for the parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after contracting West Nile virus from a transfusion of tainted blood asked the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to restore an $8 million jury verdict against a blood bank.
The case, though, has wider implications. The justices have been asked to decide whether all blood banks are covered by Florida's medical malpractice statutes, which include special procedures and limits on damages and attorney fees, rather than general negligence laws.
