Posts Tagged ‘Cancer Misdiagnosis’
The Impact of Cancer Misdiagnosis
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can be frightening and life-changing. But what happens when the correct diagnosis is missed or delayed? As many as 12% of the nearly 1.5 million cancer cases each year are missed by doctors. That’s an estimated 180,000 people annually. It’s no wonder there are a steady number of cancer misdiagnosis…
Read MoreCancer Misdiagnosis Case Comes to a Close
The family of Melissa Hendricks, a Texas woman who died from cancer that went undiagnosed for over a year, has been awarded $3.5 million in her wrongful death lawsuit. It is reportedly one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Denton County history. The suit alleged that in 2002, Hendricks found a small lump on…
Read MoreThird Time’s a Charm in Wrongful Death Suit?
The Maryland court of appeals is giving the family of Pearline Brown Rice, who died of cancer after a tumor was misdiagnosed as arthritis, a third chance to fight their wrongful death suit. The original case ended in favor of the family, awarding them over $11 million, but was overturned, and the first appeal denied. …
Read MoreSuccess in Nevada Cancer Misdiagnosis Case
A jury recently returned a verdict in the medical malpractice case involving the misdiagnosis of cancer of a Nevada woman, resulting in her death. 24 year old Elisa Sanchez sought medical treatment in 2004, complaining of pain and blood in her stool. She was wrongly diagnosed as having hemorrhoids on multiple occassions. What she really…
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