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Expertise And Understanding From Irwin Mitchell

Advances in ophthalmic technology have given hope to thousands of people with poor or failing eyesight and treatment is now available for many eye conditions. In particular, laser eye surgery has become extremely popular over recent years. However, there are always risks involved with surgery; some people suffer the devastating experience of worsened sight following surgery.

If you've suffered an injury, or your eye sight has deteriorated following laser eye surgery, you could be entitled to laser eye surgery compensation.

At Irwin Mitchell we are renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you and your family due to eye surgery complications, and we know what positive action to take to make a difference.

Our lawyers offer the highest level of professionalism and expertise, combined with dedication and sensitivity.

Above all, we put you first.

Handling Cases Of Flawed Or Failed Eye Surgery With Expertise And Sensitivity

Irwin Mitchell has specialist knowledge and experience of cases involving eye surgery. If you have suffered injury or loss of sight as a result of an eye operation or treatment, you may be entitled to compensation.

If our investigations prove that your sight impairment was caused by clinical negligence, we'll be able to help you recover eye injury compensation.

Proven Expertise In Cases Involving Eye Surgery

Irwin Mitchell is one of the largest and most experienced law firms in the country and our team includes many of the country’s finest specialist lawyers. They work in highly focused teams, offering the best legal expertise when recovering eye injury compensation.

Irwin Mitchell’s Commitment To Eye Surgery Cases

Irwin Mitchell’s first commitment is to you, and to assisting you to recover appropriate compensation.

We also have a long history of campaigning with leading organisations in numerous medical and clinical negligence fields. Together with those organisations we seek improvements in health and safety, prevent accident and injury where possible, and improve the quality of life and levels of compensation for those who have suffered injury.

We have also pursued many leading legal cases in order to improve the prospects of success of compensation recovery for various forms of medical and clinical negligence, and to ensure that fairer compensation is awarded.

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£150,000 Compensation Following Faulty Laser Eye Correction Surgery

We were instructed to act for a 45 year old lady who suffered severe deterioration in her eye sight after she underwent laser eye correction surgery.

Our client suffered from hyperopia (far sightedness) with astigmatism throughout her life; she wore glasses from infancy until she was 30 when she wore gas permeable contact lenses. When she was 40 she went to the Corneal Laser Centre in Leeds for consideration of Lasik eye correction surgery.

She was advised that she was a suitable candidate for the treatment but the doctors had failed to examine her adequately, in particular, her corneas. They failed to consider her past medical history and heed the significance of symptoms which rendered her unsuitable for laser eye surgery. In fact, the client was suffering from Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy, which is contraindicated for laser eye surgery. Nevertheless, she was offered Lasik surgery in both eyes but was not informed of the specific risks posed by the surgery in her case.

Following the surgery she suffered severe deterioration in her visual acuity. She was unable to read normal sized print and her florist’s business was severely affected. She required corneal transplants and further treatment was also reported to be necessary in the future.

Court proceedings were issued against the owners of the Centre, the contact lens optician and the ophthalmic surgeon who performed the faulty surgery. The surgeon subsequently admitted liability and agreed to pay our client £150,000 in compensation.

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Guidance With Strength And Sensitivity

We understand that contacting a lawyer might seem like a big step - especially if you have not done so before and we have therefore made it easy for you to contact us for free initial advice.about your claim.

At Irwin Mitchell we understand the real impact of personal injury. Our team of specialists have the skills and experience to give you clear advice about the chances of pursuing a successful claim and to guide you through the claims process.You can then decide if you want us to pursue your claim on your behalf.

We are renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you and your family, and we know what positive action to take to make a difference.

At Irwin Mitchell we will fight fearlessly to give you the greatest chance of winning your case, with the best possible outcome, and we will support you every step of the way.

Find out whether you have a claim today. Simply complete our online claim form or call us with details of your accident on 0800 056 4110.