The Tennessean (10/17, Roche, Wilemon, 136K)
reports, "The widow of Thomas Rybinski, the first patient diagnosed with
fungal meningitis in the national outbreak, filed suit against new England
Compounding Center on Tuesday. Colette Rybinski of Smyrna is asking a Davidson
County jury to award her $15 million in damages. Her lawsuit is the second one
filed this week by Nashville attorney Randy Kinnard against the
Massachusetts-based company" linked to the meningitis outbreak. The
lawsuit Kinnard filed Monday "was on behalf of Janet Russell, who remains
hospitalized, and her husband, Robert Russell. The Russells are also seeking
$15 million. Both suits were filed in circuit court."
Howell man avoids meningitis that killed wife. The Detroit News (10/17, 128K) reports, "A
man whose wife died in the national meningitis outbreak has good news: Tests
show he doesn't have the illness. George Cary received pain injections and was
treated at the same Brighton-area clinic as his late wife, Lilian Cary, who
died Sept. 30. Cary had a spinal tap to check for meningitis more than a week
ago." He confirmed on Tuesday, "there's no evidence of
meningitis." Meanwhile, the family of a "Howell woman has filed a
class-action lawsuit in federal court" against the NECC. The suit was
"filed Monday by the husband of Brenda Bansale in US District Court in the
Eastern District of Michigan."
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