Five medical facilities face lawsuit in 'killer nurse' case
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, February 20, 2004
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Five medical facilities were named in a lawsuit for negligently failing to notify a New Jersey medical center about suspicions over 'killer nurse' Charles Cullen and problems with his work, according to published reports.
The legal fallout continues in the case of Cullen, who has been charged with murdering one patient at a New Jersey medical center and has told investigators he killed up to 40 patients at 10 medical facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in his 16-year nursing career.
In the latest lawsuit, a man who believes Cullen caused his mother's death filed suit this week against Cullen, the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ where she died, and five other medical facilities, according to the Associated Press (AP). The five other medical facilities named in the lawsuit negligently failed to notify Somerset Medical Center about problems with Cullen's work, the man's attorney told the AP and the New York Times.
The man contends that Cullen caused his 81-year-old mother's death, which was listed on her death certificate as being caused by an irregular heart rhythm, the AP reported. Prosecutors say that Cullen, who had a checkered work history, claims to have killed up to 15 Somerset patients while working there in 2002-2003. Several Pennsylvania families have also filed lawsuits naming Cullen.
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