Posted by Miranda S. MillerOctober 17, 2012 10:45 AM
NECC is getting its first lick of litigation as people begin to follow Minnesota resident Barbe Puro’s example and file fungal meningitis lawsuits.
Puro filed a class action lawsuit last Thursday on behalf of all Minnesota residents “who suffered bodily harm, emotional distress, and other personal injuries after being injected with doses of NECC’s contaminated steroid,” according to the 14-page complaint.
Puro was injected on September 17 and claims that she suffered headaches and nausea for about a week afterward. When a healthcare provider called to tell her she’d been given a contaminated shot, Puro was forced to undergo blood tests and a spinal tap.
Her complaint alleges that the compounding pharmacy breached “its duty to use reasonable care in the design and manufacture” of its product and that “the methylprednisolone acetate was defective because 1) the substance diverged from its intended design and was tainted with fungal matter” … “and 2) the design and manufacturing did not satisfy normal consumer expectations.”
Michigan resident Brenda Bansale likewise filed a class action lawsuit against NECC after being injected with the contaminated steroid on August 28 and being hospitalized for fungal meningitis on October 4.
Another Michigan resident, Lyn Laperriere, filed...read full article here
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