Device Used In Seattle Hospital Carried Infection That Killed Woodway Man, Lawsuit Alleges
A Snohomish County widow has filed a federal lawsuit against medical device manufacturer Olympus, alleging a contaminated endoscope used during a procedure at a Seattle hospital exposed her husband to a drug-resistant infection that ultimately killed him. Michelle Bruto Da Costa, of Woodway, filed the suit June 5 in Seattle federal court on behalf of…
