Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia has settled five medical malpractice lawsuits filed against it after patients were injured or died after receiving allegedly contaminated heart surgery medication. This lawsuit is not over as two defendants, Central Admixture Pharmacy Services Inc. and B. Braun Medical, the pharmaceutical service's parent company, have not settled and apparently will go to trial. A total of nine lawsuits were originally filed as families or patients alleged death or injury as a result of the bad medication. The surgeries were performed in 2004 and 2005. The families were represented by Stephanie Grana of the Richmond, Virginia, law firm of Cantor Arkema. Those interested in learning more about medical malpractice cases in Virginia should order Why Most Medical Malpractice Victims Never Recover a Dime.

View the original article here