February 09, 2018
The Maryland surgery center facing the last standing case in the multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak told a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday that the suit, set for trial in April, should be sent back to Maryland state court.
February 07, 2018
In the final case in multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, a Maryland surgery center must face negligence claims from the estate of a deceased woman, but can't be held liable for punitive damages, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday.
February 05, 2018
A Maryland surgery center linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak involving contaminated epidural painkillers exchanged salvos Friday with the estate of a deceased patient in Massachusetts federal court multidistrict litigation over whether the estate was entitled to punitive damages under either of those states' laws.
December 19, 2017
Three-quarters of a $200 million settlement fund had been distributed and one claim remained unresolved on Tuesday in multidistrict litigation that once numbered 733 cases against health care providers that administered, but did not concoct, contaminated epidural painkillers linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.
September 19, 2017
A Maryland surgical center's role in a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak is superseded by that of the pharmacy that made the tainted products, Box Hill Surgery Center LLC told a Massachusetts federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation Monday.
September 14, 2017
Federal prosecutors who are set to try a pharmacist for his alleged role in a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak urged a federal judge in Massachusetts to reject efforts by a defendant in related civil litigation to lift a stay on the depositions of key witnesses, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
April 24, 2017
A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Monday that a surgery center in Tennessee that injected patients with mold-tainted drugs could try to pin the blame for a 2012 meningitis outbreak on Massachusetts and federal regulators, but not on regulators in its own state.
April 07, 2017
The Massachusetts federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to a compounding pharmacy on Friday set trial dates for the first two bellwether cases.
January 12, 2017
A Tennessee surgical center argued in multidistrict litigation Thursday that since several health agencies recklessly did not act against a compounding pharmacy linked to a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak — despite knowing the risks the pharmacy posed — a jury should be allowed to allocate fault accordingly.
December 02, 2016
Four patients and four relatives of deceased victims asked a federal judge Thursday to consolidate their cases against a Maryland surgery center that allegedly injected them with meningitis-tainted steroids connected to a Massachusetts pharmacy.