A woman who lost vision in one eye during an ophthalmological procedure gone awry settled her Monmouth County medical malpractice suit, Nelson v. Klug, for $1.35 million on June 14.

In July 2012, Peggy Nelson visited a medical office in Holmdel for a cataract extraction and lens implant in her left eye, to be performed by ophthalmologist Ronald Klug with the assistance of anesthesiologist Andrea Engel, said Nelson's lawyer, Daryl Zaslow of Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow & McElroy in Edison.

Zaslow said Nelson, as the doctors were preparing to operate, was experiencing coughing fits, which the suit claimed posed a risk to Nelson because it forced her to move during the procedure.