LASIK lawsuit
A recent case highlights the risks of LASIK eye surgery…
A New York investment banker has won $7.25 million in damages for vision impairment that he claims resulted from LASIK eye surgery performed by the TLC Laser Eye Center, which has surgery centers nationwide. It’s the largest jury award to date involving the popular vision correction procedure. Mark Schiffer, 32, underwent LASIK surgery on Oct. 6, 2000, a week after he first visited an optometrist affiliated with TLC. The surgery was performed by Dr. Mark Speaker, then-medical director of TLC, who also has his own practice. In the suit, Schiffer claimed he suffered distorted and blurred vision, particularly in his left eye, because the TLC-affiliated doctors failed to determine that he had keratoconus, a degenerative corneal condition that made the laser surgery unsafe.
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