Tennessee meningitis victim News

Medical Bills Pile Up for Tennessee Meningitis Victim

More than a year after a routine steroid injection turned into a painful fungal infection that nearly killed her, Marjorie Norwood is still suffering physically and emotionally. She also carries a huge stress: the hospital that houses the clinic where …

Victims in Meningitis Outbreak Cleared to File Product Liability Suits

Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities and doctors there, after a ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge this week. Tennessee was the second hardest-hit …

Meningitis Victim’s Widow Sues Tennessee Clinic, Challenges Awards Cap

The husband of a Nashville woman who died in last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak after receiving injections has sued the clinic that gave the shots. The Tennessean reported attorneys for Wayne Reed filed the lawsuit against the Saint Thomas Outpatient …

Tennessee Meningitis Patient Sues Massachusetts Pharmacy

A Hendersonville woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. Janet Russell and her husband, Robert Russell, sued the New England Compounding Center for $15 million. The …