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Kathy Griffin and her Botched LASIK Eye Surgery
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Famous comedian, Kathy Griffin, talks about the pain and complications from her bad LASIK eye surgery. Instead of the promised "ten minute painless surgery" hers lasted ninety minutes, required 17 stitches in her right eyeball, and six days after surgery she still had severe pain and blurry vision. Griffin cautions, "It's not really fun and and people should know that this can happen if LASIK goes bad."
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New Jersey court upholds certificate-of-merit rule
New Jersey's certificate-of-merit statute remains intact after an appeals court upheld it as constitutional, reinforcing what physicians say has been an important tool in screening out frivolous malpractice cases.
New Jersey is among roughly 25 states that require plaintiffs, with the initial filing of a medical malpractice lawsuit, to include testimony from a qualified medical expert showing there is merit to the claim. In New Jersey experts must be in the same specialty as the defendant.
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