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Court dismisses claim that 2013 treatment error caused patient's untreatable cancer and death in 2015.

Case Number BS-1747/2016-GLO
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The court dismissed the plaintiff's claim regarding a 2013 treatment error allegedly causing her untreatable cancer and subsequent death in 2015. The plaintiff argued the medical negligence directly led to her condition becoming incurable, while the defense maintained the disease progression was independent of the alleged error. The court found insufficient evidence to establish a causal link between the specific 2013 treatment and the fatal outcome.

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Helse- og plejeloven; Patientskader: For at en behandlingsfejl skal anses for at have været årsag til en patientdød, skal der være en direkte kausal sammenhæng mellem fejlen og dødsfaldet.

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medical negligence causation in death treatment error cancer progression patient compensation
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Sagen (BS-374/2016) vedrører, om en behandlingsfejl i 2013 var årsag til, at afdødes kræftsygdom blev uhelbredelig, og at hun afgik ved døden i 2015