If I had cataract surgery that failed, do I have a case?

If I had cataract surgery that failed, do I have a case?

This happened 15 months ago. I was told there was a equipment malfunction. What happened was when the doctor was doing the surgery a gauge on his machine showed the pressure in my eye increasing. He shut down the machine and finished the surgery without it but he had to skip a step where he would polish the area where the lens was removed before implanting the new lens. Turned out the gauge was giving him a false reading due to some corrosion that built up at the fitting that connected the gauge. I saw double for 10 days and then had to return after 1 month to cut a tiny hole in the new lens with a laser so that I could see though it without getting the effect that a fly would see. Now after 15 months I’m afraid to get my left eye done so I got glasses. I know need trifocals to correct what was supposed to be perfect distance vision with the need for reading glasses. My question is do I have a case? Have I waited too long? And what would a case like this be worth?

Asked on March 5, 2012 under Malpractice Law, Washington

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