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LAS VEGAS, June 10 (UPI) -- A hearing is scheduled at the end of the month on a change of venue request for one of Nevada's largest-ever medical malpractice litigations, lawyers say.
The legal defense team for Dr. Dipak Desai and his endoscopy center argues that moving the 22 cases out of Southern Nevada is necessary because of an "avalanche of negative and sensational media coverage," the Las Vegas Sun reported Wednesday.
Desai and his Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada are accused of allegedly using contaminated syringes and vials that resulted in patients being exposed to hepatitis C.
Plaintiff's attorneys say a change of venue will burden the center's former endoscopy patients, many of whom are elderly and dealing with the effects of the illness.
Desai's lawyers plan to ask District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez to move the trials to Carson City when she holds a change of venue hearing June 30.
The first of 22 cases is scheduled for trial October 19.
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