Two new federal lawsuits, one in Michigan
and the other in Minnesota, have been filed against the Massachusetts
pharmaceutical firm being blamed for a widespread fungal meningitis
outbreak.
In a class action suit filed in Michigan
in behalf of Brenda Bansale, New England Compounding Center is charged with
negligence and violation of state consumer protection statutes.
According to the 27-page complaint,
Bansale was injected with a steroid from New England Compounding Center on Aug.
28 at Michigan Pain Specialists in Brighton, Mich. On Oct. 4, she developed
severe headaches and nausea and was hospitalized for treatment of a fungal
infection.
The class action was filed on behalf of
all Michigan residents who were treated with the tainted back pain steroid.
A second lawsuit against New England
Compounding Center was filed in Minnesota on behalf of Rosalinda Edwards, a
Shakopee, Minn., resident, who was injected with the steroid at a pain clinic in
Edina, Minn., on Aug. 1. According to the complaint, she was informed on Oct. 7
that her injection was from a lot of the tainted steroids.
She subsequently underwent a lumbar
puncture to test for meningitis and other testing but was released from the
hospital.
The first Tennessee suit was filed
yesterday in Davidson County.
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