The Schmidt Firm, LLP
The Schmidt Firm Announces Second Wave of Vision Loss Lawsuits Filed Against Advanced Medical Optics Over Recalled Contact Lens Solution
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 28th, 2008
Injured consumers continue to file lawsuits against Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) due to alleged defects in the Company's now-recalled Complete(R) MoisturePlus(TM) contact lens solution. Yesterday, fourteen additional plaintiffs filed lawsuits in Orange County, California, Superior Court (see case numbers below). There are now over 100 injured consumers who have filed similar lawsuits against AMO in California and other states throughout the country.
The new lawsuits allege that the consumers developed serious corneal infections when AMO's solution failed to disinfect against the harmful parasite Acanthamoeba. AMO recalled the product in May 2007 after the U.S. Centers...
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