Litigation
Mar. 28, 2015
Jury awards amputee $28 million in medical malpractice case
Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co. must pay a young amputee $28 million for failing to conduct an MRI before a tumor took her leg and half of her pelvis, a Los Angeles County jury decided Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co. must pay a young amputee $28 million for failing to conduct an MRI before a tumor took her leg and half of her pelvis, a Los Angeles County jury decided Wednesday.
At 17, Anna Rahm lost her right leg, the right side of her pelvis and a part of her spine to osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer seen mostly in children and young adults. Prior to the diagn...
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