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Litigation

Feb. 26, 2015

First suit filed in 'superbug' outbreak

The first lawsuit sparked by the superbug bacterial outbreak that killed two patients, sickened five more and exposed almost 180 others at a Los Angeles hospital was filed Tuesday by attorneys at Panish Shea & Boyle LLP.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The first lawsuit sparked by the superbug bacterial outbreak that killed two patients, sickened five more and exposed almost 180 others at a Los Angeles hospital was filed Tuesday by attorneys at Panish Shea & Boyle LLP.


An 18-year-old high school student, who's currently hospitalized with an antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as CRE, is the first plaintiff alleging the duodenoscope manufac...

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