(October 14, 2015, 7:24 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Eighteen Virginia plaintiffs suing a medical imaging chain as part of the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak on Sept. 25 voluntarily dismissed their appeal to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals after reaching a settlement of eight wrongful death claims (In Re: New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc., Products Liability Litigation, No. 13-2007, Sandra F. Artis, et al. v. New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc., et al., No. 14-1718, 1st Cir.).

(Joint motion available. Document #28-151015-016M.)

The eighteen plaintiffs sued Insight Health Corp. and other defendants...