Lawyers claim 100 potential victims of Seattle Children’s mold issue
The hospital says seven patients have died from Aspergillus infections since 2001. More than a dozen others have been sickened. Author: Chris Ingalls Updated: 7:05 PM PDT July 12, 2021
SEATTLE Lawyers representing 19 current and former patients at Seattle Children’s hospital say they have interviewed more than 100 people “with similar experiences,” who may have been infected by Aspergillus mold during visits to the hospital.
The lawyers are seeking class action status for the numerous lawsuits filed against the hospital since it admitted in November 2019 to several patient deaths from mold infection.
The hospital says seven patients have died from Aspergillus infections since 2001. More than a dozen others have been sickened.
Seattle Children’s ordered to release mold records in precedent-setting case
After a court battle against KING 5 and public health departments, the appeals court ruled Seattle Children’s must turn over records about mold infections. Author: Chris Ingalls Updated: 9:47 PM PDT May 3, 2021
SEATTLE A Washington state appeals court has upheld a lower court order requiring public health departments to release to KING 5 documents related to Aspergillus mold infections at Seattle Children’s hospital.
The decision appears to have ended the hospital’s year-and-a-half-long legal campaign to block the release of mold-related records by Public Health – Seattle & King County and the Washington State Department of Health (DOH).
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15 more families join suit against Seattle Children s over deadly mold Kara Kostanich | KOMO News
SEATTLE A class action lawsuit against Seattle Children s Hospital is growing.
The 15 families who have signed onto the claim Thursday say their children either died or have gotten very sick from aspergillus mold that has plagued the hospital for two decades.
“It s inexcusable,” said Karen Koehler, who is one of the attorney’s leading the class action suit.
Some of the children have died and others are still recovering. Caption: 15 more families join suit against Seattle Children s over deadly mold
“But most of them died for reasons that were not just because of aspergillus, although some of them, we allege died because of aspergillus,” said Koehler.