LASIK Lawsuits
September 10, 2013
LASIK (Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis) surgery involves the precise and controlled removal of corneal tissue by a special laser that reshapes the cornea and thereby changes its focusing power. The cornea is a part of the eye that helps focus light to create an image on the retina by bendin[...]
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Colorado LASIK Malpractice Case Scheduled For Trial
April 16, 2013
Trial is scheduled to begin on April 29, 2013 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado for a LASIK medical malpractice case filed against a LASIK surgery center known as 20/20 Institute, LLC and a LASIK surgeon in which the medical malpractice plaintiffs (a husband and wife) [...]
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A Supreme Court Win For Man Injured By A Navy Doctor
March 5, 2013
In a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) on March 4, 2013, the Supreme Court determined the issue whether the controlling provision of the Gonzalez Act, §1089(e), authorizes battery claims against the United States when military doctors operate without the patient�[...]
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LASIK Malpractice
January 30, 2013
On December 2, 2011, a LASIK eye surgery malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, in and for Marion County, Florida, against an osteopathic doctor who performed LASIK eye surgery on the medical malpractice plaintiff. The malpractice lawsuit alleged that t[...]
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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Medical Malpractice Case
January 14, 2013
It is very infrequent that the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) agrees to decide a medical malpractice case, and even rarer that it agrees to decide a case where the person seeking review is not represented by an attorney. But that is exactly what the Supreme Court has agree[...]
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman’s Blindness
January 25, 2012
On January 12, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of a 67-year-old Maryland woman who suffered near-total blindness allegedly as a result of medical malpractice by her ophthalmologist. The verdict will be reduced to $620,000 due to the [...]
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