The United States can be held liable for a Colorado Springs nurse’s misdiagnosis of a plaintiff’s cancerous lump as “nothing to worry about,” the Denver-based federal appeals court ruled last week in reinstating a medical malpractice claim.
Kate Lewis has terminal, metastatic breast cancer. On Dec. 31, 2019, she learned that a lump in her left breast was cancerous. Less than two months later, she had her first discussion with an oncologist about the possible origins of the cancer.
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Lewis and her husband sued the U.S. government under the Federal Tort Claims Act , which permits certain personal injury claims against the government based on federal employees’ actions.
In her case, Lewis alleged that on Feb. 1, 2017, she saw nurse practitioner Beth Trexler at Peak Vista Community Health Centers, which receives federal funding.…
