Abstract
In Illinois, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 52-year-old woman was delayed for 1 year because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was settled for $900,000. In Texas, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 43-year-old woman was delayed for 7 months because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was resolved at trial, with a jury awarding $1.25 million to the woman’s family. In Hawaii, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 57-year-old woman was delayed for 17 months because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was resolved at trial, with a jury awarding $1.32 million to the plaintiff. In Tennessee, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 36-year-old woman was delayed for 10 months because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was resolved at trial, with a jury awarding $1.7 million to the plaintiff. In South Carolina, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 55-year-old woman was delayed for 2 years, in part because the carcinoma was missed on mammography, was resolved at trial, with a jury awarding $1.8 million to the plaintiff. In Massachusetts, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 45-year-old woman was delayed for 15 months, in part because the carcinoma was missed on mammography, was settled for $1.9 million. In California, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 38-year-old woman was delayed for 2.5 years, in part because the carcinoma was missed on mammography, was settled for $2 million. In Delaware, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 64-year-old woman was delayed for 21 months, in part because the carcinoma was missed on mammography, was resolved at trial, with ajury awarding $2 million to the plaintiff. In New York, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 37-year-old woman was delayed for 7 months because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was resolved at trial, with a jury awarding $2.5 million to the plaintiff. In Arizona, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 47-year-old woman was delayed for 13 months because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was settled for $3 million. In Kentucky, a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 33-year-old woman was delayed for 4 months because the carcinoma was missed on mammography was resolved at trial, with a jury awarding $3.1 million to the plaintiff. In florida, two medical malpractice lawsuits, one alleging that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 33-year-old woman was delayed for 4 months, the other that the diagnosis of breast cancer in a 56-year-old woman was delayed for 6 months, both because the carcinomas were missed on mammography, were resolved at trial, with juries awarding $3.1 million and $3.35 million to the respective plaintiffs.
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