BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- Three separate lawsuits representing 34 people in Kentucky and Tennessee were filed today.
The suits are going after the manufacturers, distributors and prescribers of an epidural steroid shot tainted with fungus that can cause meningitis. The shots were manufactured by the New England Compounding Company. Some were prescribed to patients of Howell Allen Clinic, and administered at the Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgical Center in Nashville to treat back related issues.
"They were paying $6.50 a vial for this medication. It was being raised about $2.50, and the company was going to have to pay an additional $2.50 for the medication. They decided to switch vendors and went with a new vendor, and they did not do their due diligence to check out the new vendor, and basically, the new vendor supplied the clinic with the tainted medication," said ELPO partner Bob Young.
Four of the patients represented by young have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis and are receiving treatment, but there is currently no cure.
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