Friter v. Iolab Corp.

FORD ELLIOTT,

Judge:

This is an appeal from the October 18, 1990 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting defendant Wills Eye Hospital’s motion for judgment non obstante verdicto. We reverse.

On November 22, 1982, Dr. Kenneth Michaile implanted an Iolab Model 91Z anterior chamber intraocular lens into Frederick Friter’s left eye following cataract surgery at Wills Eye Hospital. This particular intraocular lens rests behind the cornea and serves as a substitute lens after the opacified natural lens has been removed from the eye. At the time of Mr. Friter’s surgery, this…