October 29, 2013
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 …
July 29, 2013
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 …
February 4, 2013
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 …
October 17, 2012
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 …