A local family is filing a lawsuit against LASIK Plus and a surgeon after the death of their son.
It’s a story Channel 11 has been following for more than a year.
Officer Ryan Kingerski was a Penn Hills officer who had debilitating complications after LASIK eye surgery.
He died by suicide in January 2025.
The law firm representing his family says they’ve filed a lawsuit, which claims Kingerski was never told about safer alternatives to LASIK or the possible risks of surgery, so he could not make an informed decision.
The firm also released a statement from the family which says in part: “We lost him not just to a procedure, but to a system that refused to listen… refused to warn, and refused to care.”
LASIK Plus previously told Channel 11 there is no clinical evidence linking suicide to LASIK eye surgery.
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