VAUGHAN v. OLYMPUS AMERICA, INC.

No. 3101 EDA 2017.

208 A.3d 66 (2019)

Freeman Maurice VAUGHAN, Jr., Administrator of the ESTATE OF Janice VAUGHAN, Deceased, Appellant, v. OLYMPUS AMERICA, INC., Olympus Corporation of the Americas, Olympus Medical System Corp. and Custom Ultrasonics, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 10, 2019.

Reargument Denied June 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. Kaufman , Los Angeles, CA, for appellant.

Brian D. Schmalzbach , Richmond, VA, for Olympus America, appellee.

BEFORE: PANELLA, J., OLSON, J., and McLAUGHLIN, J.


Decedent Janice Vaughan underwent medical procedures at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, during which physicians used an Olympus TJF-Q180V duodenoscope (scope). The scope is designed for reuse on multiple patients and must be disinfected — or "reprocessed" — after each use. Allegedly...

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