Settlement reached in lawsuit against hospital over unsterilized forceps
FREDERICTON — A tentative settlement of more than $1.2 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against a New Brunswick hospital over the use of unsterilized biopsy forceps over a 14-year period.
Lawyer Maddy Carter of the Halifax law firm, Wagners, said Friday that the individual payments will be between $350 and $1,000, depending on the number of people who submit claims.
“There are potentially 2,500 or so individuals who will be eligible for the settlement, provided that they are still alive at the time the settlement gets approved and provided they did not opt out of the class action,” she said.
In 2013, the Miramichi Regional Hospital urged nearly 2,500 women to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after discovering the problem.