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Defective Lenscrafters Eye Glasses Caused my Blindness

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From: mollymoreman
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:35
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I got me eye glasses at Lenscrafters.  They lasted 4 months before a
hinge broke. $69.99 later that was repaired, and a month later the
other hinge and another $69.99 for repairs.  The next week one of the
lenses fell out.  That cost me $59.99 to repair.  Two weeks after
that, the other lens fell out and another $59.99 repair.  That was
just the beginning of my problems.  I placed the glasses on my head
before going to work the next day and the began to clamp tighter
against my temples.  They clamped tighter and tighter until the began
to bend and warp.  I could not even pull them off my head with the
help of one of my coworkers.  Before long I could not stand the pain
and I left work and wentr directly to the hospital emergency room.
That cost me $220 is work lost wages and a whopping $885 emergency
room care.  The doctors had to literally cut the glasses in half to
get them off my head.  As soon as I left the hospital I immediately
went to Lenscrafters and filed a complaint, showing them what was left
to the glasses.  They said they would repair them for free, and the
problem would never occur again.  Three weeks later I got my glasses
back.  They looked exactly like they were when I first got them.  I
was told they had to replace the entire frame.  I placed them on my
face and went to work.  Less than an hour later they were once again
clamping my head.  It took 5 people to rip them off my head. leaving
my head bleeding above my ears.  I became so angry that I took them,
threw them on the floor, and jumped on them.  They shattered into
hundreds of pieces.  Immediately, my eyes began to hurt, and the pain
became unbearable within 5 minutes.  Suddenly my left eyeball popped
out of it's socket, then the right came blasting out of my face and
landed on my supervisors desk.  I was blind and my left eye dropped to
the floor before the paramedics arrived.  

I am now completely blind, after paying over $5000 for these glasses
and all the repairs and medical care.  I will be suing Lenscrafters.

Molly
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Subject: Defective Lenscrafters Eye Glasses Caused my Blindness
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