Body fluid and tissue limited civil immunity. (a) General rule.-- No person shall be held liable for death, disease or injury resulting from the lawful
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Section: 8333
Jurisdiction: PA
Bluebook Citation: 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8333
§ 8333. Body fluid and tissue limited civil immunity. (a) General rule.-- No person shall be held liable for death, disease or injury resulting from the lawful
transfusion of blood, blood components or plasma derivatives, or from the lawful transplantation
or insertion of tissue, bone or organs, except upon a showing of negligence on the
part of such person. Specifically excluded hereunder is any liability by reason of
any rule of strict liability or implied warranty or any other warranty not expressly
undertaken by the party to be charged. (b) Definition.-- As used in this section the term "negligence" shall include but not be limited to
any failure to observe accepted standards in the collection, testing, processing,
handling, storage, transportation, classification, labelling, transfusion, injection,
transplantation or other preparation or use of any such blood, blood components, plasma
derivatives, tissue, bone or organs.
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