LASIK MALPRACTICE

In the past few years alone, our New Jersey malpractice attorneys have had extensive success in Lasik malpractice cases, recovering millions of dollars for our clients who have suffered serious injuries due to the medical malpractice of eye doctors and Lasik surgeons. 

We won what is believed to be one of the largest Lasik malpractice recoveries in New Jersey history, a  $2.1 million Lasik malpractice settlement.   The following are other examples of our Lasik recoveries: $850,000 Lasik malpractice settlement obtained for a banker who suffered severe vision loss in one eye, and an $800,000 Lasik malpractice settlement which we obtained for a man who was rendered legally blind in one eye.

Lasik is an elective ophthalmologic surgical procedure where the eye surgeon uses a small blade or a laser to cut a flap on the patient’s cornea, peels back the corneal flap, and then uses a laser to reshape the underlying corneal tissue.  The purpose is to change the curvature of the patient’s cornea so that the patient will no longer need to use contact lenses or eyeglasses to see clearly.  The cornea can also be reshaped without cutting a flap, in procedures known as PRK and PTK.

Unfortunately, many people suffer severe complications and poor outcomes from Lasik surgery.  Often, a person who was not a proper candidate for the surgery to begin with, due to factors such as the shape or condition of the cornea (i.e. keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration), high levels of myopia (nearsightedness), or large pupil size, was not carefully evaluated or told the true surgical risks.  Poor outcomes can also result from a lack of proper attention to post-surgery issues, such as inflammation, infection, and uneven corneal tissue.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of Lasik malpractice, please contact a New Jersey Lasik malpractice attorney today and one of our lawyers will contact you within twenty-four (24) hours to discuss your Lasik malpractice case.