Ocella Lawsuit Information

Ocella class action lawsuits starting with possible case settlements for Ocella victims.

Birth control pills have been around for quite some time and in fact are being used by thousands who try to prevent themselves from getting pregnant. A birth control pill is an oral contraceptive which contains hormones that try to stop ovulation so that the female will be unable to produce an egg for the male sperm to fertilize.

There are many types of birth control pills that are circulating in the market today although one has to be very careful in choosing which birth control pill to use and whether it is safe for your body or not.

One of these is Ocella.

The same brand of pill may cause side effects in most women but it may have only a slight adverse effect on others.  These side effects may generally depend on the overall health condition of the woman taking the contraceptives. But most of the times, however, the side effects caused by taking oral contraceptives or birth control pills may go unnoticed for a little while and the woman taking it would usually overlook the changes that is happening to her.

Some of the changes that may not be noticed for a short time would be mood changes, headaches and weight gain.

Mood changes are also one of the side effects that may go unnoticed by the woman taking birth control pills. This change can only be noticed by the people around her but not by the woman herself.

These things may only be considered as somewhat probably minor changes, but still, this should be a cause for concern already because it might lead to something serious since some of the more serious side effects of birth control pills are blood clots, heart diseases, breast and liver cancer.

Ocella Attorneys are interested in hearing from any women that has suffered the above side effects.

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Chinese Drywall Lawsuit by Florida Homeowners

Florida Home owners have filed another Chinese Drywall Lawsuit.  This is the latest of four lawsuits filed so far and allege that tens of thousands of florida homes could be built with the defective Drywall from China.

Several homeowners have complained of  “rotten egg” smells coming from the drywall. Drywall is usually manufactured in the United States but due to recent shortages, many contractors were forced to use the Chinese made Drywall.

The company behind the supply of the defective products  is Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd. of China, a subsidiary of German-based manufacturer Knauf Group.

The health department  said that most of the homes being investigated were built after 2004, but one home that is the subject of complaints was built in 2001.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Florida Department of Health have announced their own investigations to determine whether the Chinese drywall poses a threat to public safety or health.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said last week it was investigating complaints that Chinese-made drywall was emitting odors and causing appliance problems in homes.

Several people have come forward and many more are expected to as Florida homeowners find out that issues are related to the Chinese Drywall.

Metrolink Officials Meet with California Senate

After the deadly train crash from last week, California state senators are looking into a federal law that will sets $200 million limit that can be paid out to victims of the Metrolink train crash.  This was enacted in 1997 and with 25 killed and more than a hundred injured, this crash may be the law’s first implementation.

Some attorneys are saying that a payout to a crash victim can range from $5 million to $10 million, so it is uncertain but that this $200 million may be surpassed.

California Senator, Barbara Boxer will be meeting with Metrolink officials along with other officials like those from the NTSB.  She will be discussing the topic of these lawsuit claim limits.  Boxer commented “We want to make sure that people can recover what they deserve.  Clearly, people have to have justice.”

Boxer will look into different options such as possibly waiving this limit or having Congress stepping in to make up the difference.

California Senator Dianne Feinstein questions the limit all together.  She stated through a spokesmam, “I strongly believe there should not be a liability cap that shields railroads from taking full responsibility for their actions.  I also believe the railroads should be encouraged to embrace collision avoidance systems so that serious accidents can be avoided.”

This cap has never been exceeded so courts will have to deal with the questions that have already arisen.  Some question why victims should have to incur costs that came as a result of something that was not their fault.  Others feel that that the law is “ironclad”

At this point there seems to be minimal concern from Congress to want to alter the limit in anyway.

Nevada Clinic Crisis -Official Hotlines and Information

In February 2008, 40,000 Nevadans were contacted that they may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis strains B and C after having surgical procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, 700 Shadow Lane. Federal health officials called it the largest notification of its kind in U.S. history. Patients who had visited the center between between March 2004 and Jan. 11, 2008, were advised to be tested for the diseases.

LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Hot line: 1-866-242-0905
Web site: www.resource4thepeople.com

SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT
Hot line: 702-759-4636
Web site: southernnevadahealthdistrict.org.

PATIENT INFORMATION
Health District Letters
• English version (pdf)
• Spanish version (pdf)

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
More patient information

CONTACT AN R-J REPORTER
Annette Wells: awells@reviewjournal.com
Paul Harasim: pharasim@reviewjournal.com

Source: www.lvrj.com

Mar 21: Health alert lawyers gather
Mar 21: Letter: Doctor quits insurer
Mar 21: Veterans among thousands tested
Mar 21: Mayor: Clinic hearing to be wide-ranging
Mar 20: CANCER FIGHTER: TEST CAUGHT UP IN CONTROVERSY
Mar 20: Doctor defies Gibbons’ call to quit state board
Mar 20: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Retiree’s widow sues clinic
Mar 20: INSPECTIONS AT SURGERY CENTERS COMPLETED
Mar 20: City issues complaint against clinic
Mar 19: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: New hepatitis case surfaces
Mar 19: Henderson center’s owners surrender business license
Mar 19: Governor vows to have last word on medical board
Mar 19: County OKs deal’s cancellation
Mar 18: Crisis puts heat on Gibbons
Mar 18: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Medical officials don’t budge
Mar 18: Officials investigate case of hepatitis C
Mar 17: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Shake-up hits medical board
Mar 16: GASTROENTEROLOGY CENTER PHYSICIANS
Mar 16: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Doctors can turn to friends
Mar 15: Three withdraw from inquiry
Mar 15: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Closed clinic may be underinsured
Mar 15: Inspectors cite two more surgery centers
Mar 14: LEGISLATIVE PANEL SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT
Mar 14: It’s been hell being a Las Vegas doctor
Mar 14: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Lawyers: 100 fear infection
Mar 14: Doctor shortage seen as worse than outbreak
Mar 13: NEVADANS IN CONGRESS DISCUSS HEALTH ALERT
Mar 13: Agency late on medical reviews
Mar 12: SYRINGE, VIAL REUSE: Physician fired for missteps
Mar 12: Licensing bureau alters surgical centers’ rules
Mar 12: Lawsuit alleges complaints not investigated
Mar 11: Patients fret about access to records
Mar 11: Six medical offices raided in probe into hepatitis C outbreak
Mar 11: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Problems engulf another clinic
Mar 11: Gibbons may support criminal charges
Mar 09: HEALTH SCANDALS: Doctors feeling pressure
Mar 08: SYRINGE REUSE: Another LV clinic implicated
Mar 08: CLINIC OWNER TO STOP PRACTICING MEDICINE
Mar 08: Gibbons opposed adding surveyors
Mar 07: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Lapses seen at more sites
Mar 07: FBI, IRS launch Medicare fraud investigations
Mar 07: Physicians’ licenses targeted
Mar 07: Office permitted to reopen in NLV
Mar 07: Doctor ceases practice of medicine at board’s request
Mar 06: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: LV patient feels at fault
Mar 06: Legislative health panel meeting set
Mar 06: Lawyers: Pain, suffering cap won’t bring justice
Mar 06: Filing of new lawsuits brings total to 14
Mar 06: Nurses lose their licenses
Mar 05: Husband, wife suspect clinic source of infection
Mar 05: More clinic offices closed
Mar 05: Deficiencies bring fines against clinic
Mar 05: Five of six centers now closed by local entities
Mar 04: Related clinics closed
Mar 04: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Criminal inquiry starts
Mar 04: Scare brings back memories
Mar 04: Unsafe cost cuts ‘common practice’
Mar 04: CDC chief: ‘This should never happen’
Mar 03: County acts against medical centers
Mar 03: City rejects clinic’s appeal of license revocation
Mar 02: ‘They’ve almost given me a death sentence’
Mar 02: BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES: Patients on clinic’s bottom line
Mar 01: Tourists at no risk of hepatitis B or C, health officials say
Mar 01: Clinic sued by patients who contracted virus
Mar 01: POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO HEPATITIS, HIV: Endoscopy clinic shut down
Mar 01: CDC tries to allay fears
Mar 01: Labs offer reduced, no cost testing
Feb 29: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Feb 29: Berkley calls for hearing on clinic incidents
Feb 29: Insurers mum about implications
Feb 29: Clinic owner found success
Feb 29: PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Clinic outcry grows
Feb 28: EXPOSURE FEARED: 40,000 LV clinic patients urged to be tested for viruses 

Nevada Hepatitis C Crisis Continues – More Confirmed Cases

Nevada health officials announced that they received information about evidence of another hepatitis C case related to the first outbreak at the Shadow Lane facility that was closed down last week.

This came Several weeks after a procedure was performed at the Desert Shadow clinic, the patient’s doctor diagnosed the infection, according to officials. This was not reported to the district, as is required by state law, health officials said.

“Had the doctor reported this to us, maybe we would have been able to find it back in 2006 and eliminated any potential for disease transmission,” said Brian Labus, chief epidemiologist for the health district.

The complete story and more information about the Nevada Hepatitis Scare, the Endoscopy Center of Nevada and Clinic Closures can be found at:

www.resource4thepeople.com/medicalmalpractice