{"id":4086,"date":"2018-07-20T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2018-07-17T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T18:38:37","slug":"1-46-million-judgment-in-negligent-misdiagnosis-of-lung-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/1-46-million-judgment-in-negligent-misdiagnosis-of-lung-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.46 Million Judgment in Negligent Misdiagnosis of Lung Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Mann had a history of smoking. He underwent a routine physical including a chest x-ray, which was interpreted as normal. However, three years later, he was diagnosed as having metastatic lung cancer. <\/p>\n<p>In spite of chemotherapy, radiation and other cancer treatments, including a procedure to reinforce the bones in his back, he died 20 months after the diagnosis. He was 58 years old and was survived by his wife and four adult children at the time of his death. <\/p>\n<p>The Mann family sued the United States alleging that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reference.com\/web?qsrc=999&#038;qo=semQuery&#038;ad=semD&#038;o=36274&#038;l=sem&#038;askid=67e305a2-6f5f-4342-b90d-7cbe6d656ab2-0-rf_gse&#038;q=veterans%20administrations&#038;dqi=&#038;am=exact&#038;an=google_s\">Veterans Administration<\/a> (VA) radiologist chose not to identify a suspicious 1.5-centimeter density on the left lung visible on the chest x-ray done three years before Mann\u2019s fatal diagnosis.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/1-46-million-judgment-in-negligent-misdiagnosis-of-lung-cancer\/#more-4086\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Mann had a history of smoking. He underwent a routine physical including a chest x-ray, which was interpreted as normal. 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