Nevada doctors sure know how to make lawyers feel better about themselves

Thanks to another Nevada doctor, another Vegas Plaintiff's attorney is putting on the white hat and riding to the rescue.  

The RJ reports: 

A Las Vegas eye doctor who has been sued for medical malpractice at least 17 times during his career is the target of a new class-action lawsuit filed by four Las Vegas Valley residents.

The patients claim Dr. Vikas Jain and his wife, Dr. Anamika Jain, advertised a flat rate for laser vision corrective surgery to be done with state-of-the-art equipment by a board certified ophthalmologist. But according to the lawsuit filed by attorney Barry Levinson, Jain's practice offered none of those services.

"The surgery was not state-of-the-art, did not use the most advanced equipment and all care was not provided by board certified ophthalmologists," states the lawsuit, which was filed Monday. . . .

Now, we here at the blog don't know much about Barry Levinson, other than what we found on his website (available here).  But attempting to put un-certified medical workers out of business sounds like good work.  Oh, did I not detail the history of the medical villain of this story?  Here's his background:

Dr. Vikas Jain, also known as Ken Johnson, lost his medical license in Ohio in 2005, then moved to Nevada and used his wife's medical license to open the Valley Eye Center on Tenaya Way the next year.

Vikas Jain is not licensed to practice medicine in Nevada. . . . Jain, who has been licensed in six other states, was the subject of a 2001 "ABC News Primetime" special on negligent eye care.  Jain was the first Ohio eye surgeon to be punished by the State Medical Board of Ohio, whose members hoped they could prevent him from practicing in another location. . . .

More than 20 patients suffered "substantial harm," and Jain's peers deemed him to be unqualified to perform refractive surgery, according to a report by the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners, which is also investigating Valley Eye Center.

Thank God for doctors in Nevada.  They make even the worst attorneys look like princes [or in honor of the civil rights debate in the comments section, we'll add that they make attorneys look like princesses].