Protection of personal rights

       A man hit by an automobile in Florida of the United States was given a number of blood transfusions in a hospital. Some time thereafter he was found to have AIDS. The man therefore filed a petition () for a court order to against the blood bank that had furnished () the blood to the hospital. He demanded () the names and addresses of all the blood donors so that he could determine if any of them had AIDS. By doing this, he hoped to prove that he had been infected with AIDS as the result of one of the transfusions in the hospital.

       The man’s petition was rejected by the court because it had interfered the privacy of the blood donors. According to the court’s decision. The right of privacy for donors of blood entitles them to have their identity kept confidential.