Ross Feller Casey won a major medical malpractice verdict against several medical providers that failed to timely diagnose and treat cervical cancer in a young girl.
The verdict is believed to the largest ever awarded for a medical malpractice case in Berks County, Pa. The jury reached the verdict after deliberating two days following eight days of testimony.
The girl, now 15, had sought treatment from medical providers for vaginal bleeding several times, the first dating back to 2014. However, it wasn’t until 2016, at the age of 11, that she was diagnosed with cancer.
If diagnosed timely, the girl’s cancer was very treatable. However, it was permitted to progress unchecked to a very advanced stage and is now terminal even though she has undergone multiple surgeries and extensive chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Ross Feller Casey lawyers showed.
Defendants in the case took the position that the girl’s condition did not require an ultrasound.
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