You know me: I'm rarely sympathetic to tort plaintiffs, at least compared to most people. But this seems like a pretty good proximate cause case to me.
The chain of events is spelled out more clearly here:
1. The original woman buys hamster at PetSmart.
2. Hamster allegedly infects new owner with LCMV, a rodent-borne viral infectious disease.
3. The original owner then dies of unrelated stroke.
4. Dead owner’s organs are transplanted into various recipients including Thomas Magee, who has a liver transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in April 2005.
5. Magee contracted LCMV and dies.
I'd be a sympathetic juror. It's actually pretty hard to find a tort case where I'd be a sympathetic juror, but this would be one.
Posted by Matt Bruce at April 15, 2008 12:54 PM