Breast Cancer Victim Wins Malpractice Decision
In 2001 a 35-year-old Tennessee woman went in for a mammogram. The Doctor found the X-rays to be normal. The woman’s baseline mammogram showed the suspicion of a malignancy, but it was diagnosed as a non-malignant calcification. Now 7 years later she has a year to three years to live. Three years later the non-malignant calcification turned out to be state IV breast cancer with zero cure rate. If the medical personnel responsible for her diagnosis had correctly diagnosed her the cure rate was at least 90 percent. A jury agreed an awarded the woman $3.25 million and her husband $225,000. After the verdict the woman issued this statement, “I hope that this decision will send a message insisting on proper medical care and the importance of women taking an active role in their health care. Mammograms are very important and early detection is key.”'
