Cadaver scandal has local tissue recipients worried
Illegal Selling Of Body Parts From Cadaver Scandal. It started in 2004 when New York City Police Department Detective Patricia O'Brien responded to a complaint from a funeral director in Brooklyn. The director claimed the parlor's previous owner had stolen down payments for funerals. Once inside the funeral parlor, O'Brien sensed … [Read more...]
Hepatitis Patients File Suit
Hepatitis Patients File Lawsuit Against Organ Banks. Two people who contracted hepatitis C after they received tissue transplants from an infected donor filed separate multimillion dollar lawsuits against the tissue and organ banks that screened and supplied the tissue. The two lawsuits, which were filed separately Thursday, ask … [Read more...]