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Federal Appeals Court Upholds $2.1 Million Award for LASIK Surgery Association

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 6th, 2007

A federal appeals court has affirmed a $2.1 million award to American Laser Vision P.A. stemming from a contract dispute with a Lake Worth, Fla.-based chain of laser vision correction centers. The appeals court ruled that there was no basis to second-guess the arbitrator's initial ruling.

"We have felt all along that the arbitrator's ruling on this case was correct," says Randy McClanahan, a name partner at Houston's McClanahan & Clearman and counsel to American Laser Vision. "Arbitration was intended to allow for a quick resolution of commercial disputes. Instead of the 60 days that the parties agreed to resolve their dispute by arbitration, this case has taken over...

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