A woman from Los Angeles has recently won a $198,000 settlement after having a double mastectomy and then finding out that she never had breast cancer.

The surgery happened at the L.A. County USC Medical Center after two doctors told her that she had breast cancer after a biopsy in August 2007.

After having the surgery, pathologists then reexamined the breast tissue and found that there never was cancer cells,  but that the woman had benign cells that resemble cancer cells. The woman’s lawsuit claimed that the hospital was negligent for wrongfully diagnosing her.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice, contact the New Jersey medical malpractice lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529 today.