By Jan K. Seigel | Published March 19, 2016 | Posted in Medical Malpractice | Tagged Tags: failure to diagnose, Misdiagnosis | Leave a comment
Most people are surprised to learn that some of the most common reasons for filing a medical malpractice claim are failure to diagnose a disease and misdiagnosis of a disease. Both types of error can have serious and even deadly consequences. When a patient does not receive the right diagnosis, they will not get the Read More
Read MoreIn September 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled to deny a request for an appeal from the Penn Neurological Institute at Pennsylvania Hospital. The appeal would have reexamined a $9,654,551 award issued to a former patient, Eric Davenport, who sued the hospital for medical malpractice after being misdiagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known Read More
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