Concord, NH: A personal injury class action lawsuit has been filed against Exeter Hospital in Concord, NH, over an alleged outbreak of Hepatitis C at the hospital.
Former federal prosecutor Peter McGrath of the McGrath Law Firm is representing just one plaintiff currently, however, he said in a recent interview that if the class action is certified, he will reach out to additional hepatitis C-infected patients, including those who have already filed lawsuits.
The current plaintiff, "John Doe,"alleges he was administered a number of intravenous medical procedures at Exeter Hospital's cardiac catheterization laboratory in August 2011 and was called in for testing earlier this month after the hospital's outbreak was announced. It was then that he found out he was infected with the disease. "Plaintiff has been informed that the medical treatment professionals would like him to begin a regimen of complicated and expensive pharmaceutical treatment," the complaint states. The lawsuit is claiming the hospital was negligent.
