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Dr. Jack Holladay Targeted by Patient Web Site

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Sacramento District Attorney Places Liens on Property of USAEyes / CRSQA Executive Director for Unpaid Child Support

SEATTLE, Washington,  March 30, 2007, /LASIK Newswire/ Public documents recently uncovered by Brent Hanson show that the Sacramento District Attorney directed the Bureau of Family Support to place liens on all property owned by Glenn Hagele, for his refusal to pay court-ordered child support.  View...
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Executive Director of USAEyes / CRSQA Files Bankrupty for $430,000, with Over 50 Creditors

SEATTLE, Washington,  March 28, 2007, /LASIK Newswire/ Public documents recently uncovered by Brent Hanson show that the Glenn Hagele filed a bankruptcy petition for the amount of $431,000, with over 50 creditors.  View a scanned copy of the bankruptcy filing, at LasikMarketing.biz. SOURCE:  USAEyes.us...
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IRS and State of California Place Liens on Property of USAEyes / CRSQA Executive Director for Unpaid Taxes

SEATTLE, Washington,  March 29, 2007, /LASIK Newswire/ Public documents recently uncovered by Brent Hanson show that the IRS and State of California placed liens on property owned by Glenn Hagele, for his failure to pay taxes.  View a scanned copy of the liens, at LasikMarketing.biz. SOURCE:  USAEyes.us...
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Dr. Kerry Assil Sued by California Attorney General for Violations of Telephone Consumers Protection Act

Belinda Bickelman filed a lawsuit against Dr. Kerry Assil for sending mass unsolicited advertisements via fax broadcast.  The Attorney General of California eventually weighed into the case to sue Dr. Kerry Assil and many other defendants for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act....
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Dr. Stephen Brint Sued by Rand Hoch for Medical Malpractice

Press Release from Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA While LASIK eye surgery is often an effective solution to the inconvenience of glasses, the procedure, which involves laser reshaping of the cornea, can lead to tragic results if pre-surgery screening or the procedure itself...
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USAEYES.us Web Site Launched

USAEYES.info web site exposes false advertising by CRSQA and Glenn Hagele.
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John Ciccone / ASCRS Submit Falsified LASIK Report to the Government

On August 28, John Ciccone, Communications Director of ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) submitted a falsified version of THE LASIK REPORT: A Call for the Discontinuation of a Harmful Procedure to a government agency, at the request of Glenn Hagele who published...
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Glenn Hagele / USAEYES / CRSQA Threatens to File Frivolous Lawsuits Against Five Patients

Glenn Hagele / USAEYES / CRSQA has sent identical letters to five patients in which he threatened to sue them for defamation. The patients include owners of pro-consumer web sites, and one patient who does not own a web site.
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Glenn Hagele / USAEYES / CRSQA Threatens Lawsuit Over Star Wars Cartoons

Glenn Hagele of USAEYES / CRSQA threatened to filed a lawsuit against two women for publishing cartoons involving Darth Vader from Star Wars.
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Dr. Andrew Caster Sued by Allison Marich for Medical Malpractice

Case Number: SC088369 ALLISON MARICH VS. ANDREW I. CASTER,M.D. ET. AL. Filing Date: 01/24/2006 Case Type: Med Malpractice (Drs & Surgeons) (General Jurisdiction) Status: Pending Future Hearings 01/24/2007 at 08:30 am in department WEM at 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Motion - Summary...
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Glenn Hagele / USAEYES / CRSQA Promotes Junk LadarVision Lasers

Glenn Hagele who operates a surgeon referral service known as CRSQA and USAEYES published the following statement at alt.lasik-eyes on December 22, 2005. The Alcon LADARVision excimer laser does not appear to have any inherent design problems and hundreds of thousands of patients have had...
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Ron Link of SurgicalEyes.org Goes Berserk and Issues Hundreds of Threats to File Lawsuits

Ron Link the founder and former director of Surgical Eyes has apparently gone berserk and begun posting hundreds of identical messages on the alt.lasik-eyes newsgroup, in which he has threatened to sue Glenn Hagele and Christopher Roiland.  In his postings, Ron Link has accused Glenn...
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Glenn Hagele / CRSQA / USAEYES vs. Collection Agency

ACE Judgment Recovery Service P.O. Box 438.  Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-0438.  (847) 981-1330 ace.recovery@comcast.net We enforce and recover your delinquent civil judgments May 9, 2005 Brent Hanson 1687 Whitehall Court Wheeling, IL 60090 Dear Mr. Hanson, While conducting standard case file research we noticed that...
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Dr. Glenn Kawesch Sued by Aris Vision Institute for Breach of Contract

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Dr. Glenn Kawesch Sued by Margaret Cheleman for Medical Malpractice

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Ophthalmologists' E-mails Posted on Public Internet Newsgroup

http://www.crstoday.com/02_current/crst0103_01_news.html Glenn Hagele, Founder and Executive Director of the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance (CRSQA), recently alerted a number of physicians, as well as Julia Lewis, the Executive Director of the International Society for Refractive Surgery (ISRS), and Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, that...
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Dr. Glenn Kawesch Sued by Virginia King for Wrongful Termination

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Dr. Glenn Kawesch Sued by Michael Pines for Medical Malpractice

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Dr. Barrie Soloway Sued by Eric Schuler-Dalverny for for Medical Malpractice

Each of the defendants, their agents, servants, partners and/or employees, were negligent and careless in the services rendered for and on behalf of the plaintiff; in negligently and carelessly failing and neglecting to heed the plaintiff's condition; in negligently performing refractive eye surgery; in negligently and carelessly taking a history; in negligently and carelessly failing to examine and evaluate the eyes of the plaintiff; in negligently and carelessly discharging the plaintiff without adequate follow-up procedures; in failing to take adequate tests; in failing to promptly and properly perform refractive eye surgery; in failing to promptly and properly perform tests and procedures; in failing to heed the complaints of the plaintiff; in ignoring the complaints of the plaintiff; in negligently and carelessly departing from accepted practices and services rendered; in performing contraindicated procedures on the plaintiff; in failing to perform indicated procedures; in failing to follow good practice; and otherwise being negligent.
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Dr. Glenn Kawesch Sued by George Biagi for Medical Malpractice and Fraud

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Dr. Glenn Kawesch Sued by Frank Soya for Medical Malpractice

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Dr. Thomas Tooma Sued by Jerry Lehrer for Professional Negligence and Fraud

Read the lawsuit titled Dr. Thomas Tooma Sued by Jerry Lehrer for Professional Negligence and Fraud at USAEyes.us....
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Dr. Robert Maloney Sued by Yvette Boleslav for Medical Malpractice, Assault and Battery

That because of intentional misrepresentations made to plaintiff by defendants, and each of them, to the effect that eye "floaters" could not be produced or increased as the result of the defendants’ recommended surgical procedure, plaintiff submitted to the so-called "advanced" type of surgery, which, in fact, did cause and increase floaters in both of plaintiff’s eyes, so as to seriously interfere with her vision, and the details of which has been described in paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, above; that had the defendants advised plaintiff that the contemplated surgery was known to have caused, and/or increased eye "floaters" in other patients, plaintiff would never have submitted to surgery.
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Dr. Thomas Tooma Violates FDA Safety Protocols

Excerpt from the FDA warning letter: "The purpose of this Warning Letter is to inform you of objectionable conditions found during a Food and Drug Admininstration (FDA) inspection of your clinnical site, to discuss your written response to the deviations noted, and to request a...
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Dr. Andrew Caster Sued by Dr. David Hart for Medical Malpractice

Case Number: SC055681 DAVID N. HART M.D. VS. ANDREW I. CASTER, M.D. ET. AL. Filing Date: 01/19/1999 Case Type: Med Malpractice (Drs & Surgeons) (General Jurisdiction) Parties BONNE BRIDGES MUELLER O'KEEFE & NICHOL - Attorney for Defendant CASTER ANDREW I. M.D. - Defendant CASTER EYE...
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Dr. David Dulaney Violates FDA Safety Protocols

Excerpt from FDA warning letter: "The purpose of this letter is to warn you that your [redacted] system (the [redacted] located at the Barnet Dulaney Eye Center in Mesa, Arizona, may not be used to treat patients beyond the conditions of approval of your investigational...
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Dr. Philip Roholt Violates FDA Safety Protocols

Excerpt from the FDA warning letter: "On February 19-20, 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the former site of your medical practice in Green, Ohio and on May 13, 1997, we inspected your current location in North Canton, Ohio. These inspections revealed that...
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