want to know about lawsuites against respiridol?
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Really?  I have a family member that was on those at one time....I'm curious, too!
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Yeah.  Some really bad advice and comments here.\n\nYou asked two questions: how can you fight the case, and can you fight the case.  In reverse order:\n\nCertainly you can fight the case.  If you want to *really* put up a fight you're going to need bunches o'money, and a lawyer.  There are dozens of points to litigate in any DUI case, although often the litigation is more expensive than effective.\n\nAs for how you can fight the case, that's really not possible to answer here without having the police report available.  Like I said, there can be dozens of things to litigate, and without having the facts available it's just not possible to know if the arresting officer has covered all the bases and left you with nowhere to go in your defense.\n\nAs for some of the comments you're receiving here:\n\nIt's not necessarily true that everything you did at the station was video recorded.  Some places do, and some do not.  \n\nFighting the case will not lead to more severe punishment than if you just admit your guilt.  The punishment for DUI in California is very specifically established, and whether you fight the case tooth and nail or walk in and plead guilty, the punishment will be the same.  \n\nJust because you've taken the breath test does not mean you're as good as guilty.  Again, there are many things about even a breath test that can be subject to litigation (although like I said, it may not end up being very effective litigation).\n\nOnce we are certified on breath testing equipment, we are certified forever on that particular type of equipment.  The comment here that we allow our certification to lapse is incorrect, because it does not lapse.\n\nRarely, if EVER, will police draw blood to "back up" the breath test.  In fact, unless you consent (or request) a blood test (and you are allowed to ask for one and should have been given the opportunity to do so), there's no legal reason to make you submit to one unless drug use was suspected or the breath machine malfunctioned.\n\nAssuming the breath test was administered properly, you can claim you used mouthwash but your claim is likely to fall on deaf ears.  Evidential breath testing requires a fifteen minute observation period prior to administering the test and under normal conditions, fifteen minutes is *way* past the amount of time any "mouth alcohol" would interfere with the breath testing machine.\n\nEntrapment, just so we're all clear on it, is when the government induces someone into committing a crime you would not ordinarily commit.  If you have an ounce of marijuana with you, and I offer you a thousand dollars for it (significantly more than the going rate), I'm probably entraping you into committing the crime of furnishing marijuana because after all...who wouldn't sell a little weed for a thousand bucks to some idiot that was willing to pay it?  You're not ordinarily a marijuana dealer, but by offering you a thousand dollars, I made it just a little too hard to not sell me the weed.  \n\nThis is very different than you driving into a checkpoint, even if it is close to a bar.  The government did nothing to induce you into either drinking, or driving, or even driving into the checkpoint.  You had the option to do (or not do) all those things, and I'd be willing to bet you'd have a really tough time trying to show the government entraped you into doing any of them.  You got "trapped", sure...but that's not entrapment.\n\nCan you fight it?  Sure.  Do most people?  No.  I've made over 500 DUI arrests in my career and I think I've gone to court on maybe twenty of them.  I've lost one, and that was just plain stupid police work on my part.
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Many things. get a good legal representative who would both look after his interests and maybe pursue any malpractice. You have every right to be concerned and it makes you think that you could wish this does not happen nowadays but unfortunately it does. Good luck.
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respirator infections and can be deadly
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I thought that you might find this informative to say the least. It will give you a better idea of what you are dealing with, unfortunately I am willing to bet that because of the situation a lawsuit may not even be considered. Sounds as if this is not a ordinary condition such as dealing with your gall bladder or appendix. In cases where they try different things in order to fix a problem that is not common it makes it difficult to prove that there is really any negligence involved. Case in point, my brother in law had lung cancer, they treated him for pneumonia for the year before it was actually diagnosis as cancer. In the mean time it had turned to small cell lung cancer, which basically is a death sentence. He died. Now the thing was is that because he was a smoker and had smoked his whole life he had symptoms of lung disease the cancer shows up on xrays very much like pneumonia and lung disease, where they negligent, well according to the lawyers my sister talked to NO. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't consult with a medical malpractice lawyer just to be sure. The thing that I would do is get a notebook and document everything that has happened so far while it is still fresh in your minds. Have everyone that is involved write down everything they can remember. That will help when you go to talk with the lawyer. Also don't let anyone from the hopital know that you might take action. The lawyer can and will request all information and records involved in his care. Then they have people(experts) who can really tear things apart and decipher what just went on to see if there was medical malpractice.\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000068.htm\n\n\nAlso upon reading that article above from the link, a collapsed lung is not an uncommon thing with this condition. That I am sorry to say. Meaning, it can happen spontaniously without any trauma but just because of what is going on. Sounds like you are in for a tough time. I am truly sorry for your family and brother. My prayers will be with you.
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You can check out these sites.\n\nhttp://classaction.findlaw.com/recall/drug/fda1/files/2000/new00720.html\n\nhttp://www.looksmartcolds.com/p/articles/mi_m1370
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you should check with the BBB or the medical malpractice section of your local courthouse.  (probably their records department)
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Don't know if you could sue, but you sure could report them to the appropriate agencies or Attorney General of your state.  Check the "whistleblower's laws" in your state also to see what protections are offered to you.
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The hospital's insurance company will repond very quickly to a lawsuit. There's really nothing else you can do unless in your state it is possible for you to file your own criminal case against the man. (In New York, for example, you could file a misdemeanor complaint. This is VERY effective. So long as you don't get your facs wrong and open yourself up to a civil suit.)
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http://www.ask.com/web?q=Detroit+police+civil+lawsuits%3F&qsrc=0&o=0
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You can definitely sue them for this.It was a complete violation of your patient rights and the law gives you the space to do so.I would contact a personal injury attorney first to see if they can help you if not they should be able to recommend one for u.\n\nGood luck with this and I'm sorry this happened to you.
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I'v heard that there is a class action law suit against that company....at least that's what it says in Fayetteville, NC's newspaper
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Not legal, I had this happen, passed their breath test and they held me 4 hours til I submitted to a blood test.  Also, no lawyer or phone call.  Not only did I win my case, but sued for false imprisonment and settled for 500 grand plus lawyers fees.
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I am bothered by smoke.  I take allergy medications and use an inhaler if my lungs start blocking up.
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few things to do :\n\n1- contact your doctor to get the appropreate mediciation for your case .\n\n2- avoid sitting for long hours , it's a main cause ,\n\n3- be gentel with yourself!
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file a law suit. That ought to open their ears a little!
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Hey, Millyo,\n\nYou should have a lawyer by now.  Was it on the job or somehow work related?\n\nYou have a duty to find out for yourself about the toxic effects.\n\nFirst, call the lawyer for personal injury.  Let her know that you expect her to refer you to appropriate tests and medical care.\n\nIf for some reason you can´t get a lawyer in the next 24 hours, get your local phone directory and get in to have tests on your eyes.\n\nRemember, here in George Bushland, I mean the homeland, you have a positive duty to go find out what is up with your eyes.  No one would know if it was pure anything until they actually test it!!\n\nGet going!!  Good Luck.