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The surgery known as LASIK — Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis — is under the lens of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is causing controversy among eye experts. The FDA released a ...

Sandy Keller had simply wanted to correct her nearsightedness and stop wearing contact lenses when she had laser eye surgery in September 1999. Instead, she ended up suing her surgeon and optometrist, ...

The settlements are encouraging attorneys to pursue additional cases, even as they shed light on the procedure's risks. Five recent lawsuits generated judgments in the million-dollar range, and at ...