Banker Gets $7 Million in LASIK Suit
A New York investment banker has won $7.25 million in damages for vision impairment (distorted and blurred vision) 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.
Schiffer's lawyer, Todd Krouner, argued that the failure to diagnose keratoconus was a result of TLC's high-volume practice, which he called the "McDonalds of LASIK surgery." He said TLC had placed Schiffer on a "conveyor belt" of LASIK patients, noting that Speaker performed procedures on 10 other patients the same day he operated on Schiffer.
It is the largest award to date in a suit over the popular vision correction surgery.
The lesson from the story is don't go to McDonalds like outfit to do this delicate surgery. Ask your friends and relatives to find an experienced doctor with several years of practice and reputation.
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