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Family to sue for $25 million in boy's death
Infection Control Monitor, November 2, 2007
The family of a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy who died October 14 from a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection plans to file a $25 million lawsuit against the city of New York, the family's attorney told CNN.
The family of Omar Rivera alleges he was misdiagnosed at
The boy was treated first at a clinic and given amoxicillin and ibuprofen, but his mother brought him to the
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