CIVIL ACTION FILED IN CASE OF MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACCUSED OF INFECTING PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS C

Negligence exposed thousands of patients in 8 states to hepatitis CPittsburgh, PA – September 4, 2012 - Today in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (PA), Kansas residents Linda and William Ficken filed a civil action against UPMC Presbyterian, Maxim Staffing Solutions, Inc., and Medical Solutions, LLC, for negligence leading to Mrs. Ficken’s infection with hepatitis C.Specifically, the suit states that UPMC Presbyterian and Maxim Staffing Solutions, Inc failed to take proper action when radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was found engaging in illicit behavior that could