Woman Awarded $1.7 Million, Laser Lawsuits Increase
December 14, 2001
A Kentucky jury awarded a woman $1.7 million after determining that a botched laser eye surgical procedure led to blindness in one of her eyes. Tonya Oliver, 38, became legally blind in her left eye after undergoing four laser procedures over a ten-month period. The Fayette County jury ruled that Oliver's eye surgeon, Dr. Thomas Abell, was responsible because he committed an error during a second surgery on Oliver's left eye and then tried to conceal his mistake by performing two subsequent operations.
Oliver's case may be the first of many that will emerge in future months. More than 1.5 million people will undergo laser surgery this year, and analysts report that there will "continue to be problems because of the massive number of such surgeries."
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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