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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

VA pays $925,000 in Bridgeport exploding eyeball suit

VA pays $925,000 in Bridgeport exploding eyeball suit
Daniel Tepfer, Staff Writer
Updated 11:25 p.m., Monday, June 27, 2011

BRIDGEPORT -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agreed Monday to pay $925,000 to a man whose eyeball exploded during a routine outpatient cataract operation at the West Haven Veterans Affairs hospital.

The settlement, on behalf of 60-year-old Jose Goncalves, of Hartford, was reached as the case was being prepared for trial in U.S. District Court here.

"Jose suffered excruciating pain after that botched surgery and continued to have severe pain for months afterward," said Christopher Bernard, Goncalves' lawyer. "The damage to the eye is obvious because his iris is missing and his eyelid droops. If anything should ever happen to the undamaged left eye, he could face total blindness."


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