TONIGHT, THE PARENTS OF A PENNSYLVANIA POLICE OFFICER WHO TOOK HIS OWN LIFE LAST YEAR ARE SUING LACEY PLUS AS WELL AS A SURGEON. 26 YEAR OLD RYAN KING WAS A PENN HILLS POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD DEBILITATING COMPLICATIONS AFTER GETTING THE EYE SURGERY. HIS FAMILY SAYS RYAN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN JANUARY OF 2025. AND IN THIS NEWLY FILED LAWSUIT, THE FAMILY ARGUES THAT RYAN WOULD NOT HAVE UNDERGONE LASIK IF HE WAS PROPERLY INFORMED BY THE COMPANY AND HIS DOCTOR. THEY CLAIM HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK CANDIDATE, A LASIK CANDIDATE, BECAUSE OF HIS EYE MEASUREMENTS. BUT HE WAS NEVER WARNED BY THE DOCTOR OR TOLD ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO LASIK. RYAN’S PARENTS PREVIOUSLY SAID THE 26 YEAR OLD HAD TO STOP WORKING AS A POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE HE WAS LIVING WITH EXCRUCIATING HEADACHES, DOUBLE VISION, DARK SPOTS FLOATING IN HIS EYESIGHT AND EXTREME SENSITIVITY FOR MONTHS. FOR LAS
Parents sue LASIK provider after Pennsylvania officer’s death
Updated: 5:57 PM EDT Jul 2, 2026
The parents of Ryan Kingerski, a 26-year-old Penn Hills police officer who died by suicide in January 2025, have filed a lawsuit against LASIK Plus and a surgeon, claiming their son was not adequately informed about the risks of LASIK eye surgery. Kingerski’s family said he experienced debilitating complications after the procedure, including excruciating headaches, double vision, dark spots floating in his eyesight, and extreme sensitivity for months, which forced him to stop working as a police officer. In the lawsuit, the family argues that Kingerski would not have undergone LASIK if he had been properly informed by the company and his doctor.They claim he should have been considered a high-risk LASIK candidate due to his eye measurements but was never warned by the doctor or told about alternatives to LASIK. LASIK Plus has stated, “There is no clinical evidence linking suicide to LASIK eye surgery.”
The parents of Ryan Kingerski, a 26-year-old Penn Hills police officer who died by suicide in January 2025, have filed a lawsuit against LASIK Plus and a surgeon, claiming their son was not adequately informed about the risks of LASIK eye surgery.
Kingerski’s family said he experienced debilitating complications after the procedure, including excruciating headaches, double vision, dark spots floating in his eyesight, and extreme sensitivity for months, which forced him to stop working as a police officer.
In the lawsuit, the family argues that Kingerski would not have undergone LASIK if he had been properly informed by the company and his doctor.
They claim he should have been considered a high-risk LASIK candidate due to his eye measurements but was never warned by the doctor or told about alternatives to LASIK.
LASIK Plus has stated, “There is no clinical evidence linking suicide to LASIK eye surgery.”