Cadaver Tissue Recipient Files Lawsuit, Claims Mental Anguish and Emotional Distress
An Indianapolis firefighter who received a tissue transplant in conjunction with a cervical fusion surgical procedure has filed a personal injury lawsuit, reports the Times-Mail. The defendants are several companies that were involved in the cadaver tissue's distribution and procurement. According to the plaintiff's attorney, the original procurer of the cadaver tissue harvested the tissue from funeral homes without authorization. The firefighter has not become physically ill from the tissue. However, the lawsuit alleges that he is at risk for tissue failure because of the possibility that the tissue came from an inappropriate donor, such as one that was too old or arthritic. According to the Times-Mail, both the firefighter and his wife, also a plaintiff, will need to be medically monitored for the rest of their lives. They also claim that they suffer from mental anguish and emotional distress as a result of the transplant.
I'm glad there is a lawyer with the guts to handle the case without actual infection (yet) from the cadaver bone. I received a cadaver bone in my back in Feb of 2006 and I'm petrified at the thought of having been infected with a contaminated bone. The lawyers around here don't seem to have the testicular tissue to pursue compensation for the mental anguish caused by the horrid acts of the sick,greedy pigs that did such an unthinkable crime.It is nothing less than terrorism and mass murder.
My surgeon is trying to lie out of putting a cadaver bone in my back and refuses to send copies of my records and medical tests to me or other doctors.I have the Ohio Medical Board investigating him.
vickie bailey
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For two years I have tried to understand why my health has deteriated after a dental bone graft using cadaver tissue and bovine bone. The lies by 30+ so-called health professionals has lead me to believe that the ADA does not want to cooperate with the AMA and truly find the link between oral health and systemic health. The cover up of the tainted tissue scandals is only going to make people scared of being organ donors. Knowledge is power and any doctor who tells you " Don't go on the internet"...is a reason to turn and run. I probably will never find out if my continued problems are from tainted tissue......or from unsterile dental instruments during the surgery. Did I mention my periodontist left because of a drug problem? This story gets more and more complicated........anyone have any thoughts? Karen
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