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Hissey Kientz, LLP has filed a lawsuit against the maker of AMO Complete on behalf of a 71-year-old woman who suffered severe eye damage and was forced to undergo a corneal transplant.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) September 26, 2007 — The law office of Hissey Kientz announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Advanced Medical Optics on behalf of a 71-year-old woman who suffered eye damage and vision loss as a result of a severe eye infection (Case No. 07CC07060). The lawsuit, filed in the Orange County Superior Court of California, alleges that the victim’s use of Advanced Medical Optics’ Complete Moisture Plus contact lens solution (AMO Complete) caused her to develop the eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis.

According to the lawsuit, the victim began to experience severe eye pain in December 2004 and decided to see an eye doctor. After several doctors were unable to determine what was causing the victim’s eye pain and vision loss, she was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a serious eye infection caused by a type of parasite.
AMO Complete was recalled by Advanced Medical Optics on May 25, 2007, after the CDC determined that more than half of the patients it interviewed had developed the eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis after using the solution. The CDC has identified at least 138 Acanthamoeba keratitis infections so far. Doctors estimate that about half of these patients may eventually require a cornea transplant to correct the damage to their eyesight from infection.

To learn more, call the Contact Solution Recall lawyers at Williams Kherkher at 1.800.220.9341.