The lead counsel for plaintiffs suing over the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak has issued a stern warning to defendants, including a Nashville clinic, that they will face vigorous federal litigation if they refuse to participate in a court-approved mediation program to aid victims.
Thomas Sobol, counsel for the plaintiffs’ steering committee, issued the warning Wednesday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the disclosure by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that a growing outbreak already had taken lives in Tennessee and elsewhere.
“Potentially responsible parties who do not step up, enter into a court-established mediation program and voluntarily make fair and just contributions to the victim compensation fund will be subject to aggressive federal litigation,” Sobol, aBoston attorney , said.
Among those who have not agreed to enter the mediation being overseen by U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV are the Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgical Center and its owners and affiliates. Saint Thomas Network and the Howell Allen Clinic each owns half of the clinic, where dozens of patients were injected with contaminated
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