A patient who suffered cornea damage from Lasik surgery, allegedly due to the ophthalmologist’s negligence, accepted $1.6 million on Sept. 26 to settle his suit, Mariano v. Wong.

Nicholas Mariano, a Somerset lawyer, went to Dr. Michael Wong in Princeton on Sept. 21, 2007, hoping to fix his nearsightedness so he would no longer have to wear corrective lenses, says his lawyer, Adam Slater of Mazie Slater & Freeman in Roseland.