Dental Patients Infected With Hepatitis Lose Malpractice Claim (1)

Three people who had hepatitis C failed to prove “to a reasonable degree of medical probability” that a dental clinic’s alleged negligence in sterilizing equipment caused their injuries, a district court judge in Texas ruled.

The plaintiffs instead offered “a mere suspicion of causation, and that is not enough,” Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas wrote in a Monday order.

Plaintiffs Steven Ledermann, Curtis Green, and Daniel Saldana all received an invasive dental treatment at Coastal Health and Wellness, a pair of federally funded clinics in Texas City and Galveston. All ...