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$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[...]

$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[...]

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,[...]

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

August 29, 2022

New York Appellate Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ophthalmologist Involving Cataract Surgery

May 13, 2022

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its decision dated March 1, 2022 in a New York medical malpractice case against an ophthalmologist that alleged medical negligence led to the plaintiff’s subsequent blindn[...]

Montana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Medical Negligence Led To Teenager’s Blindness

January 30, 2022

A Montana medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that Glacier Eye Clinic and Kalispell Regional Medical Center negligently failed to refer a teenager to a neurosurgeon over the period of one month when the now 18-year-old was suffering from increasing cerebral spinal fluid in his brain that was putting[...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics For Retinal Surgery

July 20, 2020

In an article posted on June 8, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Litigation in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medical Retina” that was designed to report and analyze the causes and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina malpractice litigation concluded: “The complexity of treati[...]

Large Health Insurer Announces It Will Not Pay For Anesthesia Services For Many Cataract Surgeries

March 8, 2018

Anthem, Inc. (“Anthem”) is one of the largest health benefits companies in the United States. Anthem is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Ham[...]

Texas Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Infant’s Blindness

October 20, 2017

In its opinion delivered on September 29, 2017, the Supreme Court of Texas upheld a Texas medical malpractice jury’s finding in favor of a premature infant for the permanent blindness she suffered as a result of the alleged medical negligence of the defendant medical providers, holding that th[...]

$13M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency For Patient’s Blindness

October 8, 2017

A Florida medical malpractice jury awarded $13 million on August 31, 2017 to an 80-year-old man who suffered blindness in his right eye after an ophthalmologist injected the wrong medication into his eye after cataract surgery at the defendant medical center. The Florida medical malpractice jury fou[...]

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.�[...]

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

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

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

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

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

New York Appellate Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ophthalmologist Involving Cataract Surgery

Montana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Medical Negligence Led To Teenager’s Blindness

Medical Malpractice Statistics For Retinal Surgery

Large Health Insurer Announces It Will Not Pay For Anesthesia Services For Many Cataract Surgeries

Texas Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Infant’s Blindness

$13M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency For Patient’s Blindness

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