Wednesday, October 17, 2012

First patient diagnosed with fungal meningitis files suit against NECC.



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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