Ophthalmologist Medical Malpractice Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

$1.5M Virginia Failure-To-Refer Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

April 23, 2026

The plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice case who suffered loss of sight in one eye after eye surgery had an expert in ophthalmology and cataract surgery testify during trial that the defendant eye surgeon stimulated inflammation, eye pressure, and the possibility for a retinal tear in the pl[...]

CDC Warns About Serious Eye Infections After Laser Surgery

April 13, 2026

Purpureocillium lilacinum is an environmental mold that can cause a range of infections in humans. Although infection in immunocompetent persons is uncommon, eye infections have been reported. Most cases of P. lilacinum keratitis have been reported in association with soft contact len[...]

Defense Verdict In Missouri Medical Malpractice Case Filed By Man Who Moved His Head During Eye Surgery

December 21, 2025

On September 10, 2025, a Missouri medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a cataract surgeon who was sued for alleged medical malpractice that occurred during cataract surgery when the patient unexpectedly moved his head during an injection into his eye, causing perforation of the [...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Denial Of Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

May 12, 2025

In its January 31, 2025 Memorandum and Opinion, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Circuit, affirmed the trial court’s denial of the medical malpractice defendants’ motion for summary judgment, stating: In support of the motion, defendants subm[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Cap On Noneconomic Damages As Applied In Medical Malpractice Case Was Unconstitutional

April 23, 2025

On November 29, 2022, John Paganini filed a complaint for medical malpractice against Gregory J. Louis, M.D. and his medical practice that alleged that after Dr. Louis performed cataract surgery on Paganini, Dr. Louis failed to diagnoseendophthalmitis (an infection) during his December 10, 2021 appo[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Ophthalmologist In Cataract Surgery Malpractice Case

December 21, 2024

In October 2013, Ralph Carter (the decedent), who had a long, significant history of alcohol abuse, presented to the defendant Jonathan Ellant, an ophthalmologist, with vision issues. Upon determining that the decedent had cataracts in each eye, Ellant recommended that the decedent have surgery perf[...]

$7M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ophthalmologist For Loss Of Eye

February 4, 2024

On November 29, 2023, a New York Supreme Court Queens County medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7 million in favor of plaintiffs Peter Wang and his wife, Tien Yun “Joyce” Mei, in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Queens ophthalmologist. The jury’s compens[...]

$2M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Sight After Cataract Surgery

July 2, 2023

$2M For Loss Of Sight After Cataract Surgery: On March 22, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million for a man who lost his sight in one eye due to an infection he suffered after undergoing cataract surgery. According to reports, the cataract surgeon [...]

$1.75 Million Glaucoma Medical Malpractice Settlement

May 16, 2023

$1.75 Million Glaucoma Settlement: On February 27, 2023, a glaucoma medical malpractice lawsuit filed in New York by a 51-year-old woman whose glaucoma was not timely diagnosed, resulting in permanent eye damage, was settled for $1.75 million. The plaintiff, Rupa Dharia, alleged that she received ro[...]

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice

April 19, 2023

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice: On February 28, 2023, a federal civil jury returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. Distr[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Involving Dispute Over Expert Qualifications

January 3, 2023

The District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Florida Appellate Court”) stated in its September 23, 2022 opinion: “Because Ms. Martinez’s expert affidavit satisfies the “same specialty” requirement and because she provided the expert affidavit prior to[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Expert’s Report Sufficient In Claim Against Ophthalmologist

November 19, 2022

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on February 15, 2022 in a Texas medical malpractice lawsuit filed a claim against an ophthalmologist for alleged medical negligence in diagnosing a seven-year-old’s occipital tumor,[...]

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