[h=1]Two Seattle-area women settle wrongful-death ?superbug? lawsuits with medical scope manufacturer[/h] Originally published December 12, 2018 at 4:59 pm Updated December 12, 2018 at 6:45 pm
Theresa Bigler and Deborah Shawver's husbands died after contracting a super bug from a medical scope at Virginia Mason Medical Center.
By
Ryan Blethen
Seattle Times staff reporter
Medical-scope maker Olympus Corp. has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle lawsuits by two Seattle-area women whose husbands died after contracting ?superbug? infections following procedures involving the company?s flawed medical device.
In the meantime, in a separate plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice this week, the Tokyo-based company was fined $80 million and ordered to pay $5 million in criminal forfeiture. A former Olympus executive, 62-year-old Hisao Yabe, pleaded guilty in New Jersey to distributing the suspect duodenoscopes after not filing reports regarding scope-caused infections....
