BAUSCH & LOMB SALE OF IDENTICAL CONTACT LENSES AS THREE DISTINCT PRODUCTS CONSTITUTES FRAUD, COMPLAINT ALLEGES; SUIT GRANTED CLASS ACTION STATUS
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Bausch & Lomb's sale of identical soft contact lenses under three separate trade names -- SeeQuence 2, Medalist and Optima - and for three different prices constitutes an illegal misrepresentation to the public, attorneys for wearers of the soft contact lenses argue in a complaint that was granted class action status by Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. District Judge U. W. Clemons on Nov. 1.