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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses in Fairview Heights </p>           Bessie Brunkhorst filed suit against America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses in Fairview Heights claiming it failed to diagnose angle closure glaucoma.<br /><br />In a suit filed Dec. 1 in St. Clair County Circuit Court, Brunkhorst claims she recorded elevated intraocular pressure during exams at America's Best in November 2000 and September 2002, but its staff did not inform her. <br /><br />She claims that on March 31, 2004, Dr. Stephen Walton of the Green-Waltman Eye Institute in Belleville diagnosed her with angle closure glaucoma. <br /><br />According to Brunkhorst, America's failed to recommend that she consult with an ophthalmologist for consideration of glaucoma. <br /><br />On its website, America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses advertises a \"Designer Madness Sale,\" offering two pairs of designer glasses and a free eye exam for $69.95.<br /><br />\"Hurry, sale ends soon,\" the advertisement states.<br /><br />Brunkhorst claims she has lost substantial vision in one eye and vision in the other has been compromised. She also has incurred medical and prescription drug expenses.<br /><br />She also claims that she has become disabled and has undergone continuous and ongoing pain and suffering and has had the quality of her life permanently and progressively impaired.<br /><br />Represented by Robert William Bosslet, Brunkhorst is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, plus costs of the suit.<br /><br /><i>05 L 697 (20th Circuit)</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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