Tennessee victims in U.S. meningitis outbreak win new avenue for lawsuits

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Tennessee victims in U.S. meningitis outbreak win new avenue for lawsuits

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities and doctors there, after a ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge this week. Tennessee was the second hardest-hit state, behind Michigan, in a meningitis outbreak that has injured or killed more than 700 people nationwide. There were about 65 healthcare facilities and doctors in Tennessee on the customer list of New England Compounding Center, which U.S. ...

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