Lasik Patient Seeks $180M in Damages

A lawsuit filed in South Carolina accuses eye clinics across the country of causing patients serious injury during laser eye-correcting surgery.

Documents filed in federal court on Wednesday accuse TLC LASIK Centers in 30 locations of performing Lasik procedures on patients that had pre-existing conditions that should have kept them from being candidates at all.

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Beaufort resident John Hollman filed the lawsuit in federal court in Greenville. His attorneys have asked the court for class-action status so other patients can sign on.

Hollman is seeking up to $180 million in damages.

TLC Vision, TLC LASIK Centers' parent company, has filed for bankruptcy. A spokesman for the company did not immediately return a message seeking comment.