Optometry Malpractice

Our eyes are more than windows into our world, they help us perceive our environment, including beauty and family. When eye doctor malpractice, including optometric malpractice, causes a loved one to lose vision, or sight, then life change dramatically.

Primary Eye Doctors

Optometry is well known as the primary care specialty of vision care.  Optometrists not only provide general eye care, eye exams, vision screening, contact lens prescription, eyeglasses prescriptions, but also co-manage care of serious eye conditions, including glaucoma, cataracts, and similar conditions, with ophthalmologists.

Optometry Education

An optometrist has received a four-year doctoral degree called a Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) after college. Optometry school consists of four years of study focusing on the eye, vision, pharmacology and systemic diseases that affect the eye.  Many optometrists also receive additional post-doctoral training, including residency. Optometrists are licensed eye doctors in all States, including Florida. In Florida, optometrists are overseen and governed by the Florida Board of Optometry.

Eye Care Malpractice

Eye care malpractice usually comes in the forms of misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, and to the extent permitted under state regulations, surgical error (i.e. foreign body removal, punctal plug insertion).

Invasive procedures to the eye and its surrounding structures are delicate procedures. Appropriate screening is required before every eye procedure. Sadly, lack of proper screening and testing is not uncommon. The lack of appropriate screening can lead to catastrophic injury, including permanently blurred vision and blindness.

Failure to Diagnose

While the eyes are known as our windows to the world, they actually are a direct window into our overall health conditions.  Many health conditions, from diabetes, cancer, high cholesterol, nerve damage, heart conditions, and more, can be detected by an optometrist examining the eyes.

Among the different types of errors leading to an optometry malpractice claim, are the following:

Eye injuries resulting from optometry malpractice may include the following:

If you or a loved one has been the victim of optometric malpractice caused by an optometrist, then you may be entitled to damages including medical expenses, lost wages and other compensation. Contact our personal injury attorneys to assess your medical malpractice claim.

In Florida, there are limits on how and when you may file your optometry malpractice claim. Contact us today.

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