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Posted at 2:35 p.m. PST Monday, February 22, 1999
Canadians to expand tainted blood lawsuit to U.S.
TORONTO (Reuters) - A group of Canadians infected with hepatitis C
from blood they say was collected from Arkansas prisons will extend
their case to the United States this week and possibly target U.S.
President Bill Clinton in their lawsuit.
The group of 400 Canadians filed a C$1 billion class-action claim
against the Canadian government and two companies in late January and
vowed at that time to expand their case south of the border.
A spokesman for Hemophilia Ontario confirmed Monday that the group
will now target the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the state of
Arkansas and possibly Clinton, a former Arkansas governor.
The spokesman said the lawsuit will be made public on Wednesday at the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The group's lawyer, David Harvey, told a Toronto press conference in
January that about 1,000 Canadians were exposed to tainted blood which
was collected in U.S. prisons and then exported to Canada in the
1980s. Harvey has questioned why plasma deemed not good enough for
American citizens was exported north to Canada.
The group is seeking compensation for about 1,000 Canadians infected
with hepatitis C, a debilitating and often deadly liver disease, they
allege came from tainted U.S. prison blood distributed in Canada
between 1980 and 1985.
They are also demanding an investigation into why blood collected in
American prisons was allowed to be sold and distributed in Canada.
Thousands of victims of tainted Canadian Red Cross blood staged angry
protests in Canada's capital last year, forcing the government to
agree to a C$1.1 billion compensation plan.
The package does not cover those afflicted before 1986, however. Those
involved in the present lawsuit said they received blood imported from
U.S. prisons between 1980 and 1985 and are not eligible for any
compensation.
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