Lap Band Surgery & Get Thin Lawsuit Update

A downloadable PDF of the 1-800-GET-THIN class action complaint can be accessed by clicking on the link below:

Downloadable PDF: 
application/pdf iconFaitro_Class Action Complaint.pdf

IN THE PRESS  

"Inside GET-THIN"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-omidi-brothers20120506,0,5461344.story?page=1

"Two Clinics in LA Halt Lap-Band Surgeries"
KNBC Channel 4 News at 6:00 

 "OC Firm Ends Use Of Popular Weight Loss 'Lap Bands' After Patient Deaths"
KCAL Channel 9 News at 10:00

"OC Firm To Cut Supplies Of ‘Lap-Band’ Weight Loss Device After Patient Deaths"
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/02/03/oc-firm-to-cut-supplies-of-lap-band-weight-loss-device-after-patient-deaths/

"State Launches Lap-Band Investigation"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-get-thin-investigation-20120127,0,3057298.story

"Inaction by Regulators as Weight Loss Surgery Allegations Mount
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120122,0,507979.column

"Doctor alleges attempted coverup in Simi woman's death after Lap-Band surgery"
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/20/coverup-alleged-in-simi-womans-death-following/ 

"House Members Call for Probe into Lap-Band Safety, Marketing"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0121-get-thin-congress-20120121,0,370231.story

1-800-GET-THIN is Sued by Former Workers
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-lap-band-lawsuit-20120117,0,6638742.story

"Plaintiffs Allege 'Gruesome Conditions' at Lap-Band Clinics"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-get-thin-whistleblower-20120118,0,2725024.story

“Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Put the Squeeze On Lap Band Ads”

http://zev.lacounty.gov/index.php?s=lap+band&x=0&y=0

L.A. County supervisors air views on Lap-Band

Officials urge oversight of clinics like ones linked to 1-800-GET-THIN.
By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times
December 20 2011, 10:25 PM PST

Los Angeles County supervisors voted to press for new state oversight of outpatient surgery centers, a response to concern about the widespread 1-800-GET-THIN advertising for Lap-Band weight-loss surgery.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-fi-get-thin-supervisors-20111221,0,2065074.story
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COURT`S_RULING_AND_ORDER_RE_DEFENDANTS`_ANTISLAPP_MOTION__file_10202011_20111020105521.pdf

 "Lap-Band Death Blamed on Anesthesiologist"

"Another patient dies after Lap-Band surgery"