A 40-year-old mother dying from misdiagnosed breast cancer received a $19.5 million award -- the highest verdict award in Lackawanna County, Pa. "This was a very sad, hotly contested litigation," said the woman's attorneys. The plaintiff's theme was that the defendant physician did not listen to his patient's complaint of a lump in her breast and failed to heed several other warning signs at an examination. Nine months later, the patient was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
July 26, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A Jenkintown medical malpractice firm won the highest verdict award in Lackawanna County history for its client, a 40-year-old mother who is dying from misdiagnosed breast cancer.
The $19.5 million award was reduced from $26 million by the jury’s finding of contributory negligence.
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