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IN RE FACTOR VIII OR IX CONCENTRATE BLOOD

No. 06-1427.

484 F.3d 951 (2007)

In re FACTOR VIII OR IX CONCENTRATE BLOOD PRODUCTS LITIGATION. Domenico Gullone, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Nicholas Diamond (argued), Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eugene A. Schoon (argued), Sara J. Gourley, Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, Geoffrey R.W. Smith, Washington, DC, Richard L. Berkman, Dechert, Philadelphia, PA, Kevin J. Stack, Knapp, Peterson & Clarke, Glendale, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In the early 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic burst onto the scene. Its seriousness could not be overstated: AIDS ravaged the immune systems of its victims and seemed to be inevitably fatal. Although initially the disease seemed to target gay men, it soon became apparent that it could strike anyone who was exposed to it. According to a history of AIDS prepared by the National Institutes of Health, "By the summer of 1982, scientists had convincing...

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