NYDN: Mother sues Pittsburgh hospital for false-positive drug test during labor that led to child abuse probe

NYDN: Mother sues Pittsburgh hospital for false-positive drug test during labor that led to child abuse probe by Theresa Braine (“A western Pennsylvania mother is suing the hospital where she gave birth after it ran a drug test without her consent that generated a false positive and sparked a baseless child abuse probe, a lawsuit says. In a seven-count civil lawsuit against Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Cherrell Harrington alleges that the hospital not only screened her for drugs without her knowledge but also handed the ‘questionable test results’ to child services, initiating an investigation.”)

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