Man Awarded $12M After Incorrect Cancer Diagnosis Led Doctors to Remove His Prostate
Photo: Getty An Iowa man was awarded $12.25 million on Fridayafter he was misdiagnosedwith cancer and underwent surgery to remove his prostate. A pathologist at the Iowa Clinic had mixed up Rickie Huitt’s tissue samples with another patient who did have prostate cancer, which she admitted to in a July 2018 deposition. Based on the incorrect results, Huitt believed he had cancer andwent through with the surgeryto remove his prostate in April 2017....