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Texas Corneal Transplant Patient Files Lawsuit
Against Advanced Medical Optics For "Unbearable
Pain" and Permanent Vision Loss In Contact
Lens Solution Recall Litigation |
| June 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA
-- Signaling an expansion of the litigation against
Santa Ana, California-based Advanced Medical Optics,
Inc. ("AMO"), the national law firm Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced
that Fort Worth, Texas resident Debbie Wooten filed
today a personal injury lawsuit for damages suffered
against AMO in federal court in Los Angeles. |
| Wooten, a 44-year-old
operations manager at a financial services
company, alleges she has suffered permanent
vision loss due to Acanthamoeba keratitis,
a extremely painful infection of the cornea,
from use of AMO’s Complete MoisturePlus
Multi Purpose contact lens solution. |
| "The infestation
in my left eye destroyed my cornea. I had to
administer drops in my eye for a year," explained
Wooten. "At first I had to administer
the drops every hour around the clock. It took
twenty minutes to administer the drops because
I had to wait five minutes between each drop.
The pain was unbearable. The microorganisms
were chewing on my nerve endings." |
| Wooten was a regular
purchaser of AMO contact lens solution, using
the product as instructed. In late 2004, she
began to suffer symptoms of light sensitivity,
tearing, and redness. Wooten sought medical
attention but her doctors were unable to accurately
diagnose her condition. At the end of 2004,
Wooten lost the vision in her left eye. In
January 2005, Wooten was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba
keratitis. |
| "Once the treatment
ended, I then had to wait nine months for the
corneal replacement surgery in case the infestation
was dormant," Wooten stated. "I am
extremely fortunate that I did not lose my
eye but my vision is still impaired. I may
need additional surgery. This was a terrible
experience. I hope my lawsuit causes AMO to
ensure its contact lens solution products are
safe to use." |
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| "AMO has not yet acknowledged
its responsibilities to injured consumers," stated
Wendy R. Fleishman, a partner at Lieff Cabraser. "AMO
must compensate all users of its contact lens solution
who developed serious eye infections, including
reimbursing patients for the cost of their surgeries
and other expenses, and agree to pay for necessary
future medical care." |
| On May 25, 2007, the Food and
Drug Administration alerted health care professionals
and their patients who wear soft contact lenses
about a voluntary recall of AMO’s Complete
MoisturePlus Multi Purpose. The recall was undertaken
because of reports of a link between a rare, but
serious eye infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis,
caused by a parasite and use of AMO’s contact
lens solution. |
| AMO aggressively promoted Complete
MoisturePlus Multi Purpose to healthcare professionals
as well as to consumers with representations that
it was a "highly effective cleaning agent" and
that it "is effective against the introduction
of common ocular microorganisms." |
| The Complaint charges that AMO’s
contact lens solution was not effective in disinfecting
contacts lenses, and vastly inferior to other multipurpose
solutions available on the market. The Complaint
alleges that AMO’s own data demonstrated
the product’s lack of effectiveness in preventing
the growth of protozoa microorganisms, including "acanthamoeba." The
protozoa acanthamoeba are directly associated with
a disproportionate risk and increased incidence
of Acanthamoeba keratitis in users of contact
lens solution products. |
| Wooten’s lawsuit brings
claims of negligence, strict liability, breach
of warranty, fraud, unjust enrichment, and violations
of California statutory law. Wooten seeks compensatory
and punitive damages against AMO for the injuries
she has suffered. |
| With three offices nationwide,
Lieff Cabraser is one of the largest law firms
in America dedicated solely to advancing the rights
of plaintiffs. For the last four years, The National
Law Journal has selected Lieff Cabraser as one
of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the United
States. |
| Lieff Cabraser has a superior
reputation and a track record of successfully representing
victims in all types of cases involving death or
catastrophic injuries. Our staff of experienced
attorneys and eleven in-house legal nurse consultants
and medical analysts assures that each client receives
high-level, individualized case review and representation. |
| Lieff Cabraser is representing
contact lens users across America who developed
serious eye injuries from AMO’s products.
Injured patients who wish to speak to Lieff Cabraser
about their legal rights and remedies without any
charge or obligation may contact attorney Kent
L. Klaudt toll-free at 1-800-541-7358 or by email
at kklaudt@lchb.com or
Wendy Fleishman toll free at 888-321-1510 or by
email at wfleishman@lchb.com. |
| To learn more about the AMO contact
lens solution recall and litigation against the
company, visit amo-contact-lens-solution-recall.htm |
Wendy R. Fleishman
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
780 Third Avenue, 48th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 355-9500
Email: wfleishman@lchb.com
Kent Klaudt
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Email: kklaudt@lchb.com |
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