United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 96-1715 ___________

Marilyn B. Harrison, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Washington Regional Medical * Western District of Arkansas. Center; American National Red * Cross, Inc., * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellees, * ___________

Submitted: April 3, 1997

Filed: April 10, 1997 ___________

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Marilyn Harrison appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment in favor of the American National Red Cross and Washington Regional Medical Center on her claim that she contracted Hepatitis C through blood transfusions administered to her at Washington Regional Medical Center. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties' briefs, we conclude summary judgment was proper for the reasons stated in the district court's thorough

1 The HONORABLE H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. memorandum opinions and orders. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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