A modular hospital project in Dayton, Ohio, is causing legal troubles when lawsuits alleged that a Legionella outbreak began as a result of water pressure tests and water introduced into the modules before they were transported to the hospital site, according to an article on the Engineering News-Record website.
The trouble emerged after an outbreak of Legionella in the modular addition at Miami Valley Hospital in 2011 led to several illnesses and the death of one patient.
The addition project's architect could be one of the companies facing an expensive legal bill for the defense against past or future lawsuits.
In January an Ohio state appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that the architect breached its contract with the hospital and its corporate parent, Premier Health Partners, by failing to insure the hospital under a commercial general liability policy as required by its contract.
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