Broward General Medical Center has sent a letter to 1,851 patients who may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis by the negligence of one nurse according to an Associated Press story on the Bradenton Herald website. The hospital claims the risk of infection is low but has advised the 1,800 patients to get tested.
The nurse has resigned and been reported for reusing tubing and saline bags during cardiac stress tests. The hospital was alerted to the problem by a patient who called in anonymously. The time frame for the patients that received the letter runs from early 2004 until September of this year.
If you or a loved one has been injured by the gross negligence of a company and are in need of quality legal representation in your case, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) or online at FightYourInjury.com to discuss the matter.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
ST. PETERSBURG PERSONAL INJURY BLOG: St. Petersburg Homeowner’s Lawsuit Versus Raytheon Certified Class-Action
A Tampa judge has ruled a lawsuit brought versus defense contractor Raytheon a class-action according to a story on the Tampa Tribune website. The lawsuit was filed by a group of homeowners who lived near the now-vacant Raytheon plant in St. Petersburg. They claim underground waste from the plant has caused a decreased value on nearly 1,400 privately owned parcels of land.
The ruling will allow hundreds of residents to now file for damages against the giant defense contractor. Raytheon is in the midst of a 25-year clean-up in the area but residents claim there are 1,350 land parcels that have been tainted with cancer-causing chemicals.
If you or a loved one is in need of quality representation in your personal injury case, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1800-344-4848) or online at FightYourInjury.com to discuss the matter. You can also contact Darren via email.