Sued by relatives of hepatitis victim

Associated Press · January 6, 1961

Trenton, N.J. -- Dr. Albert L. Weiner, Erlton osteopath whose license was suspended by the State Board of Medical Examiners last Nov. 16. The State Health Department said 14 of Dr. Weiner's patients died of serum hepatitis, a liver disease, between July 18 and Nov. 26 after receiving injections of tranquilizers and other drugs from him. Relatives of one of the patients today brought a $250,000 damage suit against him in United States District Court in Philadelphia.