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Medical Malpractice Side Effects: Cancer


Cancer is often misdiagnosed. Breast cancer, lung cancer, and rectal cancer are some of the most commonly misdiagnosed cancers.

Most cases of breast cancer malpractice are due to mismanagement of medical tests. The typical problem is the severity of the breast lump or symptom is underestimated. A delayed breast cancer diagnosis can be extremely dangerous, as a more advanced cancer is harder to treat.

An incorrect diagnosis of lung cancer is often responsible for unnecessary removal of lung. A delayed diagnosis can be responsible for growth of this fatal disease, making it much harder to treat. The typical lung cancer malpractice case alleges misdiagnosis via poor diagnostic methods or mismanagement of diagnostic tests.

Mesothelioma lawsuits are not usually related to medical malpractice, but to asbestos. This is unless the allegation is of a medical care failure such as failure to diagnose mesothelioma. If you feel you have a lawsuit concerning either mesothelioma or asbestos, please fill out this short case evaluation form, and get a free case review.

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$423 million settlement— MTBE suit involving the contamination of 153 public water systems nationally

$16.5 million verdict — Asbestos case involving exposure from dental tape

$1.4 million settlement — Accident involving woman struck down by ambulance

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$25 million verdict —for New York City brake reliner who lost his right lung to mesothelioma

$6 million settlement — Pediatric malpractice involving infant who suffered brain damage at birth

$53 million verdict — brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma

$13.5 million verdict — one of the very first Vioxx trial cases

$15 million settlement — man wound up a paraplegic due to negligent hospital care

$37 million verdict — 2 asbestos lung cancer plaintiffs

$47 million verdict — boilermaker who died from mesothelioma

$2.6 million settlement — ill-fitting prosthesis caused decubitus ulcers

$75 million verdict — historic consolidated trial involving men who had worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s

$12.7 million verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions

$8 million settlement — obstetrical malpractice resulted in neurological deficits

$64.65 million award — 4 asbestos plaintiffs

$17.5 million — consolidated trial of 5 mesothelioma victims



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