A MULTI-MILLION pound lawsuit against a dentist who sparked an HIV scare is to be dropped after an eighty-year battle for compensation.
Alan Morrison, 61, who ran surgeries in Ayrshire, was struck off the dental register in 2016 after he put 6000 patients at risk by using dirty equipment.
The local health board closed down his premises in Cumnock and Drongan when they were tipped off by a whistleblower in 2013,
About 2250 patients were tested for blood-borne viral infection due to his actions. Four tested positive for hepatitis C, though it is not known if they contracted it from the dental practices.
It prompted one of the biggest mass litigations in Scottish history, with the number of patients claiming compensation from Morrison reaching at least 800.
Thompsons Solicitors have now told clients that they have "exhausted" all efforts to take legal action. They advised clients to take up an offer by Morrison to abandon all cases on a "no expenses" basis.
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