When the Fine Print is Also Blurry

An Oregon man has filed suit against his eye surgeon seeking funds to cover costs of two subsequent surgeries he needed to correct the first one.

His suit is complicated, however, by his signing a paper he was unable to read.

According to the plaintiff, after he was prepped for eye surgery, a clinic employee handed him a small-print liability-limitation form to sign. He says he wasn’t able to clearly see the form and resisted signing it, but the employee told him the surgery could not proceed without his signature.

He learned too late that the form limited the clinic’s liability to $2,500—a fraction of his subsequent expenses. s