New lawsuit filed against 1-800-GET-THIN.

The Los Angeles Times (6/13, Pfeifer) reports, "Surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign used improperly sterilized surgical equipment during Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries and failed to notify several patients that they might have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus, two former workers alleged in a new lawsuit" filed last Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Dietician Jessica Meyle and surgical assistant Amy Demonbreun are seeking "monetary damages from 1-800-GET-THIN, an affiliated surgery center in San Diego, and Michael and Julian Omidi, the brothers who the lawsuit says own and operate the weight-loss business."