( CNN ) -- Eight people who shared a flight with tuberculosis-infected traveler Andrew Speaker on May 24 filed suit Thursday against him in a Canadian court . TB patient Andrew Speaker set off an international health scare when he traveled to Europe for his wedding in May . Canadian Press reported the suit , filed in Quebec Superior Court , seeks $ 1.3 million ( Canadian $ 1.4 million ) in damages . Speaker , a 31-year-old Atlanta , Georgia , lawyer , caused an international uproar when he disregarded doctors ' advice and traveled abroad to get married , potentially exposing his fellow passengers to the disease . Speaking with CNN from a hospital in Denver , Colorado , where he is undergoing treatment , Speaker said he is aware of the pending litigation but has not heard from his attorney in Montreal , Canada . `` I am not some trust-fund baby , and there is nothing to go after , '' he said . Rosalind Yee -- an attorney for the plaintiffs who said her clients include a ninth person related to one of the passengers but who was not on the flight -- said all eight passengers have undergone TB tests since they returned home . One of them , a 72-year-old man , tested positive for TB on a skin test , though it was not clear that Speaker was the source . The man 's X-rays were normal , she said , and he is awaiting results of further tests . Speaker and his fiancee flew to Europe May 12 , despite warnings from the Fulton County Health Department in Georgia that he should not fly because he was infected with a multidrug-resistant strain of the bacteria called MDR-TB . Once there , the CDC said , test results back in Georgia indicated he had a rare , more serious strain of the tuberculosis bacilli called extensively drug-resistant TB , or XDR-TB . That news led U.S. public health officials to try to persuade Speaker to turn himself in to Italian health authorities so that he would not risk infecting others . Speaker has said he disregarded their recommendation and returned to North America on a commercial flight from Prague to Montreal because he had been told he was not infectious , he could not afford to hire a private plane , and he was afraid that , if he were to remain in Italy , he would not be able to get the cutting-edge treatment available in the United States . Speaker was allowed on May 24 to cross from Canada into the United States at Champlain , New York , despite a warning from the CDC to border agents that he posed a public health threat and that a CDC doctor should be alerted if Speaker were to seek entry . The Customs and Border Protection officer said he let Speaker enter the country because the man did not appear sick . The officer was suspended and later retired . Doctors at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver have since determined that Speaker is infected with MDR-TB , not the more serious XDR-TB . The CDC says the change in diagnosis would not have affected their recommendations regarding travel . E-mail to a friend .
Eight people on flight with Andrew Speaker sue him for $ 1.3 million . Score: 6 Georgia health officials say they recommended Speaker avoid travel . Patient 's diagnosis downgraded to a less dangerous strain of disease .