Friday, August 2, 2013

August 1, 2013 Meningitis outbreak: Local suit transferred to Boston-Ameridose

A lawsuit filed by a Kentucky couple against Saint Thomas OutpatientNeurosurgery Center has been transferred from federal court in Nashville to U.S. District Court in Boston, where it will be merged into other suits stemming from a fatal outbreak of fungal meningitis.
According to the suit, Carolyn Bland of Cadiz, Ky., was injected with a fungus-tainted spinal steroid on Sept. 9, 2012. The suit names as defendants the owners of the New England Compounding Center and several related firms, including another drug company, Ameridose LLC, and a real estate firm. Bland’s husband, Leon, is also a plaintiff.
Dozens of similar suits, including several filed by Tennessee victims and their families, have already been merged before U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Massachusetts.
Contact Walter F. Roche Jr. at wroche@tennessean.com or 615-259-8086.
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