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Baltimore Lasik Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Permanent Eye Injury

May 21, 2017

A Maryland man has filed a Lasik malpractice lawsuit in Baltimore, Maryland, alleging that his Lasik surgeon misprogrammed the Lasik laser that resulted in the astigmatism in his left eye doubling as a result of the Lasik surgery he had in February 2016. The plaintiff alleges that he subsequently fo[...]

$5M New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ophthalmologist For Blindness

December 12, 2016

A New Hampshire medical malpractice jury awarded just under $4.7 million to a 67-year-old woman who suffered blindness as a result of alleged negligent medical treatment of her age-related wet form of macular degeneration by the defendant ophthalmologist. The jury also awarded $350,000 to her husban[...]

Study Regarding Pediatric Ophthalmology Medical Malpractice Claims

October 7, 2016

In a study published online on September 1, 2016 in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, the authors undertook a study of pediatric ophthalmology medical malpractice claims and then compared them to adult ophthalmology medical malpractice claims to discern any differences. The stated objective of the st[...]

5 Cataract Patients Blinded By Anesthesiologist On The Same Day

August 22, 2016

Five patients who were undergoing cataract surgery at a facility in Massachusetts during a single morning in May 2014 suffered blindness when a contracted anesthesiologist, on his first day at the facility, allegedly placed the eye block injections into the patients’ eyes instead of the muscl[...]

$875K Lasik Malpractice Verdict

May 28, 2016

On April 22, 2016, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $875,000 in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that her Lasik surgery was improperly performed, resulting in significant and permanent injury to her eyesight that causes visual problems. The plaintiff, who [...]

Plaintiff’s Facebook Postings Doomed Her Indiana Medical Malpractice Case

March 19, 2016

An Indiana woman sued her ophthalmologists, claiming that their care of her fell below the standard of care and resulted in her blindness. The 27-year-old plaintiff testified during the five-day Indiana medical malpractice trial that she became legally blind due to the defendants’ negligence.�[...]

Vermont Supreme Court Discusses Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Cataract Surgery Malpractice Case

October 31, 2015

In its decision filed on October 9, 2015, the Vermont Supreme Court overturned the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant ophthalmologist, concluding that in the plaintiff’s medical expert’s opinion that (1) there was at least a fifty-one percent ch[...]

Mexico Medical Malpractice Claim For Child’s Loss of Eyesight Due To Needle Puncture

October 19, 2015

At a Mexico hospital during October 2013, a two-year-old child had a maxillofacial cyst that a medical intern attempted to drain using a syringe. The procedure required that the syringe be guided through the child’s upper right gum in order to drain the cyst. During the procedure, the chi[...]

Ophthalmologist Malpractice Lawsuit Results In $1.5M Verdict

August 27, 2014

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury found against the defendant ophthalmologist after a trial that concluded on August 19, 2014 in which it awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $1.5 million for the total loss of his eyesight in his left eye, for which the ophthalmologist will be [...]

Nevada LASIK Appeal

January 8, 2014

Earlier this week, oral arguments were heard before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada with regard to the defense verdict entered in a LASIK surgery malpractice claim. The main issues on appeal are the defense’s focus during trial on the plaintiff’s alleged “drug abuseR[...]

Maryland LASIK Lawsuit Settled

September 18, 2013

A LASIK malpractice lawsuit against a Maryland LASIK surgeon was settled on September 11, 2013. The Maryland LASIK lawsuit had been filed on June 18, 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the plaintiffs were a husband and his wife who live in Georgia but the LASIK su[...]

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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