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Consumers File Nationwide Class Action Against
Advanced Medical Optics Seeking Reimbursement
for Their Purchase of Recalled Contact Lens
Solution |
| June 13, 2007, San Francisco,
CA -- The law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP, and Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, announced
today that Alexis Degelmann and Joseph Lin filed
the first nationwide consumer class action lawsuit
against Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. ("AMO")
seeking reimbursement for their purchases of Complete
MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution. Degelmann
and Lin, both residents of Northern California,
purchased and used Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose
Solution to disinfect their contact lenses. The
class action lawsuit was filed in federal court
in San Francisco. |
| "AMO aggressively
marketed Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose
Solution as an effective contact lens disinfectant
that doctors recommended," stated Wendy
R. Fleishman, a partner at Lieff Cabraser. "This
advertising campaign was false. Users of AMO’s
recalled solution, according to government
health officials, carry a seven-fold increased
risk of developing an extremely painful infection
of the cornea that can lead to blindness." |
| "The complaint
charges that when AMO introduced its contact
lens solution to the national market," explained
James A. Quadra, a partner at Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra,
"it was aware of studies showing that the disinfectant
in its solution was inferior to other solutions.
AMO owes consumers nationwide a full refund
equal for their purchases of its product." |
| Joseph Lin, one of
the plaintiffs in the nationwide class action
lawsuit, said, "I thought the solution
I was buying was the best on the market. I
didn’t know that it could damage my eyes." |
| 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. |
| The Complaint charges
that AMO’s contact lens solution was
ineffective in preventing the growth of protozoa
microorganisms, including "acanthameoba." The
protozoa acanthameoba are directly associated
with a disproportionate risk and increased
incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis in users
of contact lens solution products. The infection
can be chronic, resistant to treatment, and
require surgical interventions. It also can
lead to blindness. |
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| The class action lawsuit
has been filed on behalf of all purchasers throughout
the U.S. who brought the AMO solution from June
2003 to the present. Plaintiffs seek the return
of all payments they made to AMO for its solution. |
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| Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra,
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| To learn more about the
AMO contact lens solution recall and litigation
against the company, visit http://www.personalinjurylawyeramerica.com/medical/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
JAMES A. QUADRA
MOSCONE, EMBLIDGE, & QUADRA, LLP
220 Montgomery Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, California 94104-4238
Telephone: (415) 362-3599
Email: quadra@meqlaw.com |
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