Plaintiff Jenna Reed has filed a lawsuit against Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd., and Alcon Refractive Horizons, Inc. in the United State District Court for the District of Colorado. Plaintiffs filed the complaint seeking damages against Alcon for strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty, misrepresentation, and violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act.
The lawsuit [...]

LASER EYE SURGERY INJURY OR COMPLICATION?
LASIK: Injuries from the Procedure
Each year there are over 700,000 LASIK surgeries across the country. Of those, statistics show 5% of procedures result in complications. That’s 35,000 possible injuries every year in the United States alone. Common problems post-LASIK are:

Blurry vision
Warping or scarring of the cornea
Dry or painful eyes
Halo or [...]

While LASIK providers and physicians tout “safe, easy, affordable” solutions for eye trouble via LASIK procedures across the country, one news article cites nearly 5% of yearly operations are not trouble-free.
David Morill, with contributions by the AP, wrote at insidebayarea.com that:
Each year about 700,000 laser vision correction surgeries are performed, with the majority of them [...]

A New Jersey eye surgeon has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was left legally blind after undergoing laser eye surgery. James Dell’Ermo filed the lawsuit against Joseph Dello Russo after having the surgery to correct nearsightedness. An attorney for Dello Russo said they decided [...]

Advanced Bionics has announced it has agreed to settle claims made by the FDA filed in an administrative complaint in 2007. Per the actual letter contained on the website of Advanced Bionics, the company “decided to settle the matter, with the company paying 1.1 million dollars.” CEO Jeffrey H. Greiner agreed to pay $75,000.00. For [...]

As you may be aware, the FDA and Advanced Bionic have settled their dispute over the wrongful conduct by Advanced Bionics over the HiRes 90k cochlear implant. Note that this settlement agreement announces Advanced Bionics has agreed to pay $1.1 million dollars as a result of allegations of wrongdoing and violating federal law as it [...]

Did you or someone you know receive a cochlear implant from Advanced Bionics? If so, you should take note that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in March 2008 that it was “seeking a $2.2 million penalty against a California hearing device manufacturer for violations of federal law, including manufacturing standards violations and the [...]

Advanced Bionics held a webinar to address the settlement between the company and the FDA. Allegedly, the company on this webinar attempted to persuade those who have received a now recalled cochlear implant to not sue their company.
Persons should be wary of such a corporate tactic. Those who have been injured as a result of [...]

Advanced Bionics agreed to settle their dispute with the FDA by paying $1.1 Million Dollars. The CEO agreed to pay $75,000. The Company, conveniently, has denied wrongdoing.
If you have been injured as a result of the recall of Cochlear Implant Model HiRes90k, and have settled a claim with Advanced Bionics, your settlement may not be [...]

A study at the Indiana School of Medicine reports that “cochlear implants in both ears significantly improves quality of life in patients with profound hearing loss and that the cost of the second implant is offset by its benefits.”  Read more HERE at Science Daily.
Important to this study, the School of Medicine’s findings may assist [...]