Kansas Failure to Diagnose Cancer Attorney

Cancer is a horrifying disease that is fatal for many. While modern medicine has ways to fight cancer, those methods are most effective when the cancer is detected early. This means that a doctor’s failure to diagnose cancer can significantly shorten the life of their patient. If this happens to you or a loved one, a Kansas medical malpractice attorney from Palmer Law Group may be able to help you get justice.

How We Prove Medical Malpractice

What It Means for a Doctor to Be Negligent

Just because a doctor fails to diagnose a condition, that doesn’t mean the doctor committed medical malpractice. A misdiagnosis only becomes medical malpractice when the doctor is negligent. To prove negligence, our Kansas medical malpractice lawyers need to prove the following four things:

• You had a doctor-patient relationship with the doctor.
• The doctor misdiagnosed your cancer because they failed to apply the accepted standard of medical care the situation demanded.
• That failure to diagnose caused the cancer to worsen or prevented treatment options from being viable.
• The harm you suffered from that failure has a meaningful financial value.

There are a lot of steps to proving negligence. Our medical malpractice attorneys will need to collect medical records, financial records, and other evidence that supports your claim. Typically, we will also consult with medical experts we know we can trust. While most doctors are loath to accuse fellow doctors of malpractice, we work with physicians who take seriously their oath to cause no harm.

Why Choose Us?

Medical Malpractice Lawyers Who Fight For Kansans

Palmer Law Group has been serving Northeast Kansas since 1980. From the start, we have been focused on helping members of our community who have been wronged. Our legal team has recovered millions for victims of medical malpractice. It is just one of many ways that we give back to our community.

Were you or a loved one irreparably harmed because a doctor failed to properly diagnose your cancer? Contact Palmer Law Group at (785) 233-1836 to schedule a free consultation with a medical malpractice lawyer.

FAQs

Failure to diagnose cancer can be devastating to patients and often leads to many questions. Some of the common questions are listed below.

How does a negligent cancer misdiagnosis happen?

A negligent cancer misdiagnosis can occur when a doctor rushes, fails to listen to their patient, orders the wrong tests, or misinterprets test results.

Can anyone else besides the doctor be held liable?

Yes. In some cases, the practice that employs the doctor, lab technicians who perform tests, secondary doctors, nurses, and other parties may also be liable depending on the circumstances.

Can I sue the doctor if my family member died because of a diagnosis error?

You may be eligible to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor who failed to diagnose your family member’s cancer.

What is the statute of limitations for filing a medical malpractice lawsuit?

The statute of limitations is two years from the date you discovered “the fact of injury” or your doctor failed to diagnose your cancer and no more than four years after the failure to diagnose or misdiagnosis. For wrongful death cases, it is two years from the date of the diagnosis error.

Is there a limit to non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits?

Until 2019, Kansas placed a cap on non-economic damages in all personal injury cases. However, that cap was found unconstitutional by the Kansas Supreme Court. This means that the only limit is what a jury thinks is reasonable for the harm you suffered.

For answers to questions about your situation, you can speak directly with one of our failure-to-diagnose cancer lawyers.

Contact Palmer Law Group Today

Early diagnosis is essential to successfully treating most types of cancer. When a doctor fails to diagnose cancer, it can take years from your life, resulting in an early and painful death. If a doctor’s negligence resulted in your pain, Palmer Law Group will help you get compensation.

Did your doctor fail to diagnose cancer in you or a loved one? What can you do when your trust has been shattered that way? Our law firm is dedicated to helping Kansans who have suffered from negligent misdiagnoses. Contact us today at (785) 233-1836 to learn more about your legal options.