State Officials Are Challenging the Law After Meningitis Outbreak

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State Officials Are Challenging the Law After Meningitis Outbreak

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(KCEN) -- We have an update on the deadly meningitis outbreak that killed 32 people across the nation.

In the aftermath of that outbreak a Massachusetts official wants to change the state's corporate manslaughter law.

The current maximum penalty is $1,000.

But now Massachusetts' attorney general is pushing for legislation to increase the penalty to $250,000.

The state's current statute for corporate manslaughter penalties was enacted in 1819.

An investigation is continuing into the deadly meningitis outbreak but no charges have been filed as of yet.

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State Officials Are Challenging the Law After Meningitis Outbreak