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MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A legal battle involving one of the largest hepatitis C outbreaks in recent U.S. history continues even after nearly two dozen victims settled their claims last year against a Minot hospital.
The Minot Daily News (http://bit.ly/2rdrvJ3 ) reports that ManorCare Health Services, a nursing home, is seeking punitive damages against Trinity Health, which it blames for causing the 2013 outbreak through drug diversion and reuse of needles by an outreach phlebotomist.
The hospital says there is a lack of evidence and suggests the nursing home created its own problems.
More than 50 patients were infected with a genetically similar strain of hepatitis C, and most spent time at the nursing home.
A pretrial conference is scheduled June 30.