Iowa Man Receives $12.5 Million Settlement After Invasive Surgery to Remove Non-Existent Cancer
A court in Iowa has awarded $12.5 million to a plaintiff who underwent invasive surgery to treat prostate cancer after the defendant, a pathologist, mixed up the cancer-free man’s records with those of another patient who actually had prostate cancer. The problem began in early 2017, when the plaintiff, a retired factory worker in […]
Veteran Sues US Government Over Uncommunicated Test Results
What happens when the patient has not been informed that their imaging has revealed a potentially life-threatening condition? Take the case of a forty-four year old Tampa, Florida Marine combat veteran, and his thirty five year old wife, who recently sued the United States in a Florida federal court, for negligence and loss of consortium, […]