A nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a Framingham drug compounding pharmacy is likely to cause a flood of lawsuits that could involve physicians, health clinics, hospitals, and others connected in any way with the contaminated medicines, according to legal specialists.
Attorneys representing clients who say they were injected with tainted steroids from New England Compounding Center already have filed at least a dozen lawsuits across the country, accusing it of pharmacy malpractice, general negligence, breach of warranties, and other wrongdoing.
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Another reason for tort reform where loser pays court fees, etc. as Texas did a year ago.
Tort reform has exactly what to do with these causal/TORT cases of meningitis? Ah, it's the monies, not the lives... How about reform to ensure that lousy contaminated pharmaceutical products don't happen? If we're going to to reform on personal injury--tort--let's do reform across the board. Also to ensure that the medical industry is not the solo authority policing and arbitrating itself. Clean slate. Dismantle the present judiciary system and start from scratch. As long as there's a Vegas-style approach to personal injury justice, everyone's a loser.