Woman awarded $15M after Indiana physician misses life-threatening tumor on CT
A federal jury awarded a patient and her husband $15 million after Carmel, Indiana, physicians reportedly failed to identify a life-threatening tumor during a CT scan, the Indianapolis Business Journal has reported.
The patient, Courtney Webster, claimed the Center for Diagnostic Imaging was responsible for the physician who let her tumor go undetected and untreated for nearly a year and a half, dramatically cutting her chances of survival, according to the IBJ.
“As a direct and proximate result of CDI and CDI Indiana’s substandard care, Courtney Webster’s rectal cancer grew and spread, significantly reducing her chances of surviving the disease, significantly altering her treatment options and causing her severe pain, suffering and emotional distress,” Webster’s complaint, filed in October 2016, read.
Webster’s attorney, Jerry Garau, said she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer before the suit was filed and is currently undergoing chemo.
“We’re just thrilled the jury came back with a verdict that reflects that magnitude of the harm in this case,” Garau said.
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