Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta lawyer misdiagnosed with a rare & serious form of TB that did Extensive traveling and exposed hundreds, has been used by passengers who shared a flight with him to Montreal.

Andrew Speaker, 31, a lawyer from Atlanta, was diagnosed with a drug-resistant strain of TB in May. This did not stop him from traveling to Europe and Canada, exposing fellow passengers to his illness.

Nine persons that shred a flight with Speaker from Prague to Montreal have sued him for $1.4 million, accusing him of acting in a reckless fashion. They now need to be tested for TB.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Quebec Superior Court in Montreal, by the nine plaintiffs, who live in Quebec, Ontario and the Czech Republic.

“Despite being aware of this risk, defendant willfully, negligently and recklessly endangered the lives, health and safety of the plaintiffs,” the statement of claim says.

At the time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a rarely used isolation order for Speaker, to quarantine him, that had been used since 1963. The agency alerted health authorities around the world, in an attempt to find Speaker and prevent contamination.

It was later found that he did not suffer of a drug-resistant strain of TB. He is now being treated extensive drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) at a Denver medical centre.

Earlier this month, during an interview with CNN, Speaker said the CDC should apologize for its misdiagnosis and the way it approached the situation, issuing a federal public health order that “scared millions of people around the world,” creating widespread panic.

The nine persons who have sued him say they live in constant fear that they may be infected with TB.

Under World Health Organization guidelines, all passengers within the two rows adjacent to Speaker must be tested.