Personal Injury Law

Missouri Medical Malpractice Cases in the News - Doctor and Clinic Falsify Diagnosis For Profit

By Benjamin J. Sansone, Esq.

In our recent Missouri injury law blog article, it was noted that health care providers are in business to make money; that is perfectly proper, except when making money becomes more important than making an appropriate diagnosis.

Several Missouri injury plaintiffs filed a Missouri Medical Malpractice lawsuit citing medical negligence against a Missouri physician, clinic, and the clinic?s CEO. They alleged the doctor ?intentionally treated them for afflictions they didn?t have, to profit from the sales of in-house supplements and other treatments.? The lawsuit also claimed fraudulent misrepresentation, medical negligence, and violations of the Missouri Merchandise Practices Act.

A Jackson County Circuit Judge approved a confidential settlement on October 12, for one of the plaintiffs. This plaintiff alleged, in her Missouri Medical Malpractice lawsuit, that the doctor intentionally and negligently diagnosed her with 21 different disorders, when she went in to the clinic for abdominal and chest pains. The doctor diagnosed her with Lyme disease - which was later discovered to be hyperthyroidism ? and prescribed several different medications along with alternative medicines. Plaintiff alleged that as a result of the misdiagnosis, she had to undergo surgery and continues to suffer from related injuries.

In May 2009, a consolidated Medical Malpractice related case settled for $24 million on behalf of two other patients and their spouses. This Missouri Personal Injury Medical Malpractice case involved not only the aforementioned doctor, the clinic, and the CEO of the clinic, but it also included the Florida-based laboratory that the clinic uses. The parties alleged that the laboratory falsified test results to profit from sales.

There are at least four other Missouri Personal Injury lawsuits pending against this Kansas City doctor and clinic.

Full post as published by Missouri Injury Law Blog on October 27, 2010 (boomark / email).