{"id":5403,"date":"2021-02-09T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2021-02-08T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:58:23","slug":"950000-settlement-reached-in-medical-malpractice-case-for-failure-to-reveal-liver-lesion-to-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/950000-settlement-reached-in-medical-malpractice-case-for-failure-to-reveal-liver-lesion-to-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"$950,000 Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice Case for Failure to Reveal Liver Lesion to Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Lapsley went to a nearby hospital emergency room where doctors ordered a CT scan of his abdomen and pelvis. The scan revealed a lesion on his liver. A follow-up liver CT scan was ordered to rule out metastatic disease. There was nothing in the report as to the symptoms Lapsley might have experienced that prompted him to go to the emergency room. <\/p>\n<p>After the CT scan, a surgeon, Dr. Ben Davis, did an exploratory laparotomy and repaired Lapsley&#8217;s gastric ulcer. <\/p>\n<p>Over the next week, as Lapsley was admitted to the hospital, he did not undergo further evaluation of the liver mass and allegedly was not informed of the mass at his discharge. Eighteen months later, another doctor referred him for yet another CT scan. That scan led to a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic cancer. Sadly, Lapsley died just one month later.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/950000-settlement-reached-in-medical-malpractice-case-for-failure-to-reveal-liver-lesion-to-patient\/#more-5403\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Lapsley went to a nearby hospital emergency room where doctors ordered a CT scan of his abdomen and pelvis. The scan revealed a lesion on his liver. A follow-up liver CT scan was ordered to rule out metastatic disease. 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