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$6.9M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misread Mammogram

February 4, 2016

A South Carolina medical malpractice jury has awarded $6.2 million to a woman whose suspicious mammogram was read as normal and who was later diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. The jury also awarded the woman’s husband $700,000 for his loss of consortium claim. The South Carolina medical m[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Kaiser For Late Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

August 20, 2015

On August 11, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Northwest Permanente, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, and an Oregon physician, alleging that their negligence led to the unreasonable delay in diagnosing the plaintiff’s pro[...]

$7.65M Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

May 22, 2015

On May 19, 2015, a Maine medical malpractice jury found in favor of the husband and wife plaintiffs and against the defendant hospital, determining that the 63-year-old wife was entitled to $5.65 million in damages for her cancer misdiagnosis (the failure to timely diagnose cervical cancer) and th[...]

Phoenix VA Medical Center Sued For Cancer Misdiagnosis Leading To Suicide

May 18, 2015

A federal medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the Phoenix VA Medical Center was filed on April 30, 2015 by the widow of an Army veteran who committed suicide three days after being advised that his colon cancer had metastasized to his lungs and that his condition was terminal. The da[...]

$1.3M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

May 9, 2015

During mid-April 2015,VThe wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a Roanoke, Virginia-based medical facility and a physician’s office alleged that the man’s chest x-rays taken in 2009 and 2010 as part of the pre-operative clearance process for the man’s two kn[...]

New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2014

In a written opinion issued by the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (“New Mexico Supreme Court”) on September 18, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court reinstated a medical malpractice case that had ended in summary judgment being entered in favor of the defendant hospital because [...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Failure To Inform Patient Of Cancer Diagnosis

September 19, 2014

According to a Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a urologist and a medical center, the daughter of a 58-year-old man who died from bladder cancer alleges that her father was not timely told about the results of a pathology report that found cancer after her father had a biopsy of a[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Misdiagnosis Cancer Treated With Smuggled Drugs

May 28, 2014

An Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit has been re-filed by a woman who was misdiagnosed with cancer and then treated by her doctor with unapproved drugs imported from Turkey. The woman had anemia for which she underwent a bone marrow biopsy on January 19, 2009. The results of the biopsy indicated [...]

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