Olympus Sued by UCLA Superbug Patient Over Contaminated Endoscopes

Olympus Corp.’s U.S. unit was sued by a Los Angeles hospital patient over contaminated endoscopes in what may the first lawsuit following a fatal “superbug” outbreak linked to the devices.

The complaint by a Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center patient was filed less than a week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a general health warning over the use of the medical technology.