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Hi Linda!

I was curious to know (this is to Coxxy also if he's still reading) if you received any other paperwork to fill out right after receiving the original paperwork with a copy of the complaint?

Soon after I received my complaint and paperwork, I received another set of paperwork (much smaller packet) asking some of the same questions that I had already answered in the previous papers.  The first packet was sent 2-day while the second packet was first class.  Also the first packet had a submit date of Jan 14th while the second one had a submit day of the 15th.  Seems unusual!  And to add to it the address that is on the return envelope says Nursing Home Unit! Very confused!! One of these days I may become unbusy and be able to call them during business hours.  I don't see that happening in the near future.

Wowzers AC huh?  You want to trade places with me? Please? I'm in Indiana and we had 10 inches of snow that quickly melted when the temp got up to an unheard of 65 degrees and then we received 5 inches of rain so we're flooded. I'm on high ground so I'm spared.

I also have a problem with running the heat now in my car.  I have to shut the vents off to me because my eye also suddenly dries up and it's awful.


I haven't heard of B & L suing their insurance company.  Usually I'm up on things.  I come home late in the evening and I spend at least an hour searching if there is any new news.  I'll have to look around for that.  Seems to me that if they are wanting their insurance companies to pay then we must have some good evidence.

I checked the steps to a lawsuit and with us being in discovery it seems that we're half way there.  At least I think so anyway.

I keep checking the court website and haven't seen any new court dates.  I was thinking maybe they sent the paperwork to everyone and will have future court dates after their deadline.  With as many people they are representing let's hope everyone gets their paperwork in by the deadline stated.

I will also let you know what I hear if I ever get the chance to call. 

Sandi

I came across this article today and it pretty much explains why the insurance companies won't help B & L.

Lawyers for the Ace and Illinois companies denied the insurers are obligated to cover claims against B&L or help in the company's defense.

They said that B&L officials knew about the possible connection between MoistureLoc and the infection several months before the recall, and that any injuries were not "accidents."

That pretty much says it all in my eyes (no pun intended)

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/BUSINESS/801060346/1001

Hi Sandi,  I got to that website but couldn't pull anything up. When I went to read it it was a blank page. I was so interested in reading them too!! Did you get a chance to read it? Let me know.

Linda

Sandi,
    I got it..my computer is Vista and it asks me to run certain programs...all I had to do was click yes!  So I did read your summary and I read that same transcript. I will send you a PM when I get home from work today and give you my thoughts on it all. Have a good day!

Lidna

Been wondering about you..glad your ok and just real busy!!  Thanks for responding, as Sandi said before wih all the people involved...it is surprising that more people don't communicate here! Oh well...they probably just read posts.
  I was having some terrible eye problems and it ended up being that my eyes are so dry, that when i wake up in the morning, my lid is stuck to my coreana and it actually tears it. My Dr. has me using some real "goopy" stuff to lube my eye before bed...what a pain in the a#$!!!!!!! It is something every few months with these darn eyes! Well, take care and stay in touch.
Linda

Linda if you were referring to me then you can email me at

camjen1@hotmail.com

I gave you a different email address before but this one I check several times a day.

Since we started this litigation almost 2 years ago, we have sent our clients several letters with updates as to what is going on in the litigation. 

Parker Waichman Alonso has been leading the discovery of Bausch & Lomb and we are making progress.  We are in the midst of taking depositions of their employees and former employees.  We have also received approx 600,000 documents consisting of several million pages from Bausch & Lomb.  We have learned/confirmed a lot from the review of these documents.  The general liability case vs. Bausch & Lomb is strong.  I am personally handling almost all of the discovery in this case.

A public forum is not the place for an attorney to communicate with their clients. If you call me (I'd call you but I don't know who you are), I can give you more detailed information. 

Jerry

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Man am I slow to check this stuff.  Thanks for the info Mr. Parker.  I wish more of the folks who suffered from this would write on here and give us their experiences.  It means a lot to know that a lot of people have gone through this.  I just really want to get it settled and get my vision repaired and get my finances back on track.  This really set me back in a lot of ways.  How is everyone else doing with this?

I dont hurt like that anymore with mine.  My problem is extremely bad vision.  I need to have the transplant so I can see.  I cant see anything at night!!  I do have some dry eye but not as severely as you.  Ironically, having dry eyes is what drove me to use the solution that caused all of this!!!

Michigan..your post reads fine. I wonder why that is happening to you? Maybe it's to long  lol!!
So how are you, would love to hear about the Punctual Plug surgery, when you can. Sandi was telling me about it, thats what I need to have done.

Linda

Okay, I think I get it now. 
  The  doctor gave me 'temporary plugs' that dissolve first, to see if it helped.  I actually only noticed that my eyes didn't burn and itch etc., quite so much with them.  I asked about this and he said that you know if you DO NOT need them because your eyes will keep tearing and run down your face. I have never had the tears running down my face because my eyes are always SO dry and irritated.  Anyway, I got the permanent ones put in.  It took about 16 seconds for both eyes and I racked up a $900.00 bill for it. It was creepy but pretty painless-which is nice after all the eye pain.
  I  havent been able to pay for more than probably 5% of any of these bills, I have two tiny kids and I am still paying for having the last one!  I have health insurance too!
   The quick post is to all of you correct?  This dragging on and on makes me feel hopeless that anything good could come of this- I am already in collections, my credit was way over 700 until this eye thing.  Do you think they factor that into  it? I can't get a good mortgage rate, let see... What else CAN'T I do just because of the credit aspect- Sam's Club card? Nope..Not even that.
  The point is,  that B&L really has no idea how screwed some of us are because of this, neither does P&W, probably. I really do feel like P&W have their act together though, and that is nice.   
  Another note about the plugs:  My eyes are STILL dry and itchy and was it worth $900.00?  I just don't know- It could really help some of us I am sure.  Any feedback would be great-since it has taken me this long to actually sign up and write:)  Michigan