{"id":110,"date":"2012-05-02T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T14:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2012-05-03T20:27:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T20:27:24","slug":"patient-dies-of-colon-cancer-at-74-one-year-after-first-colonoscopy-case-settles-for-500000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/patient-dies-of-colon-cancer-at-74-one-year-after-first-colonoscopy-case-settles-for-500000\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Dies Of Colon Cancer At 74, One Year After First Colonoscopy. Case Settles For $500,000."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boston,<\/a>A Massachusetts woman began seeing her doctor in 1994.\u00a0 At that time, she had a history of several medical problems including COPD and depression.\u00a0 She did not have her first colonoscopy until 2008 at the age of 73.\u00a0 This colonoscopy revealed colon cancer.<\/strong>\u00a0 The woman died the next year at age 74.\u00a0 The doctor claimed he had recommended that this woman have a colonoscopy on many occasions, but that the woman refused.\u00a0 The woman\u2019s available medical records did not document this alleged non-compliance and the woman\u2019s family settled her medical malpractice<\/a> lawsuit with the doctor for $500,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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