A California man and his brother are suing the University ofPittsburgh Medical Center and its former chief of transplantation overallegations of medical malpractice.

45 year-old peter Cullen and 43 year-old Timothy Cullen havefiled separate lawsuits that name UPMC and Dr. Amadeo Marcos as defendants.Timothy Cullen donated a liver for his brother but both men claim that UPMCfailed to provide them with all of the information concerning the dangers oflive liver transplantation.

Attorney for the two brothers, Harry Cohen, says that bothmen are suffering complications from the surgery.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has yet to make apublic comment on the lawsuit.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of medicalmalpractice or negligence, please contact the Philadelphia medical malpracticelawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-329-3511.