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10 Most Commonly Medical Misdiagnosed Illnesses

You would probably be very surprised to know how high your risk of a medical misdiagnosis really is. A recent study found that more than twelve million American adults may have been affected by diagnostic errors–that's one out of every twenty patients. Further, at least 50 percent of these misdiagnosis errors are potentially very harmful. Patients [...]

Lawsuits Based on Misdiagnosis or Delayed Cancer Diagnosis

According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 1,666,540 Americans will receive a cancer diagnosis in 2014. Some of these cancer patients will receive an advanced diagnosis of cancer, caused by a physician's delay in diagnosis, or misdiagnosis, of cancer. An article published in the Journal of American Medical Association suggests that "cases of delayed, missed, and [...]

Jury Awards $1.1 Million in Med-Mal Suit – Cancerous Prostate

By April White A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury award $1.1 million Friday to a plaintiff injured during the removal of his cancerous prostate, despite defense claims that the injury was an accepted complication of the procedure. In 1996, Antonio Campagna underwent a radical prostatectomy performed by Hahnemann Hospital urologist Bruce Sloane. During the surgery, [...]

Philadelphia Med Mal Case – Jury Awards $3 Million

The Legal Intelligencer- April 10, 2008 A 12-member jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas awarded $3 million to plaintiffs in a Med Mal case involving a physician's alleged failure to properly diagnose and treat a lung cancer patient. In Morganti v. Harman, Charles Morganti, now deceased, and his wife, Linda, filed suit against Leonard [...]