Million dollar recovery for failure to treat lung cancer

A retired man from Erie had a routine chest x-ray done before entering the hospital for surgery on his leg. The chest x-ray showed suspicious signs that he might have lung cancer, but his doctor never read the report of the x-ray results and, as a result, the man was never referred for further investigation of the nodule in his lung. Another two years passed by before anyone investigated the nodule. It was found to be cancerous, but by that time, it was too late for successful treatment, and the man died approximately one year later. We filed a wrongful death and medical malpractice claim and obtained a significant award of approximately one million dollars on behalf of this man’s widow.