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Misinterpretation of lab test
September/October 2022Doe underwent medical testing, which a laboratory allegedly interpreted as normal. Several years later, Doe was diagnosed as having advanced cancer.
Doe’s negligence suit alleged that the lab test results were misinterpreted as normal despite the presence of abnormalities and that this was not discovered until Doe’s advanced cancer diagnosis.
The defendant reportedly acknowledged that an error had occurred.
The parties settled for $14 million.
Citation: Doe v. Roe, Confidential Dkt. No. (Mass. Super. Ct. Suffolk Cty. 2022).
Plaintiff counsel: AAJ members Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, and Maria L. Mazur, all of Boston.
