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Historic Jury Verdict in Seattle Children’s Hospital Class Action
On February 8th, 2024, in a historic jury verdict, Seattle Children’s Hospital was held responsible for exposing two babies and an eleven-year-old to aspergillus fungus in the operating room during heart surgery. These three cases are the first of more than seventy additional plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that was certified in King County…
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Class action certification granted in lawsuit against Seattle Children’s Hospital for exposing its child patients to Aspergillus fungus
Seattle, WA – Following three years of litigation, Judge Jim Rogers of King County Superior Court, certified a class action for all Seattle Children Hospital patients who were exposed to Aspergillus fungus in the hospital between December 2, 2016, and November 2019, and received preventative medical treatment resulting in damages. The Class action is part…
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Seattle Children’s Lawsuit: What You Need to Know
Our lawyers are still representing 18 families involved in the lawsuit against Seattle Children’s Hospital regarding instances of Aspergillus mold contamination going back as early as 2000. The purpose of the Seattle Children’s lawsuit is to bring justice to the families whose children have sickened or died from Aspergillus mold contamination at Seattle Children’s Hospital….
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Seattle Children’s Begins Releasing Public Health Records About Mold Infections to KING 5 After Court Battle
Two years ago this month, Seattle Children’s Hospital closed all of its 14 main operating rooms for six weeks due to Aspergillus mold infections — and then closed some of its operating rooms again six months later. As more information about the longstanding nature of the contamination became public, multiple news organizations began seeking records…
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15 More Patients Join Class Action Lawsuit Plus Another Major Medical Negligence Lawsuit filed against Seattle Children’s Hospital by Stritmatter Law Firm and Layman Firm
15 more children and their families, through their attorneys Stritmatter Firm and Layman Firm, have brought a motion to join the Class Action lawsuit against Seattle Children’s Hospital for potentially deadly Aspergillus fungus exposure. Because four cases in the group have now settled, this means there are a total of19 cases remaining. The complaint alleges that between…
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Court of Appeals: Seattle Children’s Must Allow Public to See Aspergillus Records
December 28, 2020 The Stritmatter Firm and Layman Law Firm represent dozens of people in a lawsuit against Seattle Children’s Hospital for its admitted Aspergillus exposure over two decades. When infections mounted again more than a year ago, multiple news organizations began asking questions of our health oversight agencies, namely King County Public Health, which…
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Hutt Family Statement
No interviews are being given out of respect for the baby’s recent death and family’s grief. This is the family’s statement. Dear Members of the Press and Community: Yesterday our precious and beloved baby daughter, Elizabeth lost her courageous battle to survive. Since the day she was born six months ago with an underdeveloped heart,…
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Seattle Children’s Hospital for Aspergillus Mold
Today, The Stritmatter Firm in association with Layman Law Firm has filed a Class Action Complaint against Seattle Children’s Hospital regarding instances of Aspergillus mold contamination going back as early as 2000. The Complaint alleges as follows: For decades Defendant Seattle Children’s Hospital Medical Center has been one of the most revered pediatric medical facilities…
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