September 24, 2011-According to reports an Orange County woman has died after Lap-Band surgery. According to reports this is the fifth of these deaths related to the weight loss surgery in two years.

According to the Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter, the woman that died after having Lap-Band surgery was identified age 55, who was rushed from Valley Surgical Center in West Hills to an area hospital on September 8th.

According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office Tamera Walter age 52 died after having Lap Band surgery at the same clinic last December and the autopsy showed she had died of suboptimal care. At another clinic on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, the Beverly Hills Surgery Center three other patients have died, after undergoing Lap-Band surgery.

According to reports the clinic 1-800 Get Thin clinics have had several lawsuits filed, including a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits, along with false advertising. Lap Band Lawsuit Attorneys have been following this at Ehline Law Firm PC and are awaiting the results of the investigations to discuss potential theories of tort liability, such as wrongful death recovery, at 21250 Hawthorne Boulevard #500 Torrance, CA 90503 (424) 233-0709.

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