Misdiagnosis is one of the most common types of medical malpractice. According to BMJ Journals, every year more than 12 million adults are misdiagnosed, with 10%-20% of misdiagnoses occurring to patients with serious conditions, like cancer.
Medical malpractice is a legal term used when a healthcare professional does not exercise a proper standard of care, resulting in serious injury or wrongful death of a patient, including a cancer prognosis...
Health Sciences North (HSN) in Ontario, Canada is facing a class action lawsuit over misread tests and misdiagnosed breast cancer in patients from 2008 to 2020.
As a part of the Ontario Breast Screening Program, HSN provided radiology and imaging services, screening women via ultrasound and MRIs for signs of breast cancer. However, according to the official complaint, an “objective decline in the standards of practice” has unnecessarily put...
Bayer AG, a German multinational pharmaceutical company that took over seed and chemical company Monsanto in 2018, recently settled 15,000 lawsuits in an $11 billion settlement over allegations that their Roundup weed killer causes cancer. This is the latest batch of lawsuits resolved in court regarding this allegation, bringing the total of resolved cases to approximately 45,000 with more claims pending.
Roundup weed killer has been linked to...
Medical malpractice refers to any instance when a healthcare professional or medical provider deviates from the standard of care. The standard of care, in this case, essentially means any type of medical decision, treatment, or response that a medical professional in the same field with similar training would reasonably do in the same situation. Medical malpractice occurs both through negligence and omission, and always results in injury to a...
Yes, a court showed it believed that it does and awarded 22 women with ovarian cancer $4 billion in punitive damages.
Is talcum powder related to ovarian cancer? In July 2018, the court showed it believed that it does and awarded 22 women with ovarian cancer in a multiple plaintiff mass tort lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J). The payout was massive: $4 billion in punitive damages and $550 million in compensatory damages....