Knowing Jerry Kolpek died from a crime made his death harder to take, members of his family testified in the civil trial against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks on Wednesday in federal court.
FAYETTEVILLE The trial against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks continued Wednesday in federal court with family members describing physical and emotional suffering Jerry Kolpek experienced because of a missed diagnosis of cancer.
FAYETTEVILLE The trial against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks continued Wednesday in federal court with family members describing physical and emotional suffering Jerry Kolpek experienced because of a missed diagnosis of cancer.
2 more lawsuits filed over diagnosis errors at VA
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Doug Thompson
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Robert Morris Levy
FAYETTEVILLE Two more lawsuits have been filed against Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks over missed diagnoses linked to a former pathologist now imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter.
The latest lawsuits raise to four the number of cases filed to date in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville involving former pathologist Robert Morris Levy. The four suits seek unspecified damages.
Army veteran George Parker of Sebastian County filed a medical malpractice suit over a missed diagnosis that delayed proper treatment for his prostate cancer for more than nine years, according to one of the suits filed July 23.