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Endoscopy Litigation Center of Nevada

Benson & Bingham begins the Endoscopy Litigation Center of Nevada to spearhead litigation relating to the health crisis created by the Endoscopy Center of Nevada. If you had a procedure at the Center from March 2004 to the present you may be at risk and need to be tested. A simple blood test will confirm a diagnosis of Hepatitis C, B or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The Center has confirmed via the Clark County Health District that they reused syringes and vials on multiple patients exposing thousands to cross contamination of serious life threatening diseases.

Call Benson & Bingham immediately to find out your rights. Hepatitis C is a blood borne illness that usually does not have any symptoms. The disease attacks the liver resulting in cirrhosis. You may experience pain under the rib cage from your liver. Other symptoms may include changes in: appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain, jaundice (yellowing of the skin), itching, and flu like symptoms. It is important to get tested so that treatment may be administered.

The best cases are those that have a clear pattern of contracting the disease after the procedures were performed; thus, a logical timeline of becoming infected. The defenses to these actions will be the obvious other factors that may have led to transmission other than being treated at the Endoscopy Center of Nevada. HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) may also be transmitted by blood transfusions, piercings, tattoos, drug use-especially interveneous drug use, however, if you were treated at the endoscopy Center of Nevada and you have Hepatitis C, Benson and Bingham will certainly take your case.

A test today would be valid as the detection of antibodies greater than 97% after 6 months of exposure. Get tested and call today 382-9797.

Negligent Endoscopy Treatments

As a patient of the Endoscopy Treatment Center of Nevada you have rights. You have the right to be tested and treated if necessary.

Do I have a Case?

Even if you were treated by the Center and you do not test positive you may have a case nonetheless for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress for the emotional trauma brought on by thinking you might be infected when in fact you are not. The admission of the Center's reckless policy of using old syringes on multiple patients creates liability for a case of negligent infliction of emotional distress. In addition, a class action lawsuit will likely be joined to collectively represent the 40,000+ patients who will require physician visits and blood/lab work; these costs should not be borne by the innocent patients.

Should you test positive for Hepatitis C, B or HIV your damages are obviously greater than the mere thought that you may have contracted a virus. Contact Benson & Bingham as soon as possible to discuss your individual matter.

What Should You Do?

First contact your doctor and get a lab test performed to determine whether you have contracted a blood borne infectious disease.

Second, Call Benson and Bingham to set up an appointment to discuss you rights.

Causes of Action?

Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, Gross Medical Negligence, Recklessness, Assault and Battery, Reckless Indifference to Human Life, and Wrongful Death. These causes of action will lead to prayers of compensatory, economic, and punitive damages.

Experts?

Benson and Bingham is working with medical technologists, pathologists, and infectious disease experts to support the current cases.

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