"Jennifer Samuel, 59, of Miami, had been using Bausch & Lomb's Renu with Moisture Loc contact lens solution for a few months when she developed a painful eye fungus that permanently scarred her cornea. As a result of the damage, she lost 95 percent of the vision in her infected eye and had to have a corneal transplant. Samuel is now suing Bausch & Lomb, alleging that the company's solution failed to remove the fungus or caused the fungus that contaminated her lenses, leading to a fungal infection in her eye. At least a dozen similar suits have been filed in Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and other states by contact lens wearers who claim they contracted a rare eye fungus and suffered corneal scarring after using Renu MoistureLoc. Several legal experts predict that the company will move quickly to settle."Nora Lockwood Tooher, Lawyers Weekly, 6/5/06
