Doe v USA
(1990) 2 Med LR 131
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
and Judge TORRES
Professional liability — Surgeon — Duty of care — Causation — Foreseeability of risk — Child patient requiring series of blood transfusions following tonsillectomy — Patient contracting AIDS — Whether surgeon negligent in post-operative care — Whether risk of patient contracting AIDS from blood transfusions was reasonably foreseeable