A Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas jury awarded $2 million in noneconomic damages to a man and his wife because the man now has double vision and other eye injuries in the aftermath of a sinus surgery gone wrong.
The jury awarded $1.5 million May 7 to Richard Dias for noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering and loss of life’s pleasures and $500,000 to Andrea Dias for loss of consortium. The chambers of the presiding judge, Judge Michele A. Varricchio, confirmed the verdict in Dias v. Yen .
