3654 REVIEW DENIED Furnishing human tissue for medical purposes is not the sale of a product, and strict products liability theories can not be applied to it; a tissue bank that furnishes human tissue for medical use is a health care provider, so leave of the court is required before asserting a claim for punitive damages against it.CitationCRYOLIFE v SUPERIOR COURT (Tissue Bank) 110 CA4 1145 [See: H&SC 1635, 1635.2, 1606; Coe v Superior Court 220 CA3 48; Osborn v Irwin 5 CA4 234; Perlmutter v Beth David Hosp 123 NE2 792]
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