VA Hospital Missed a Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Suit Claims. It Settled for $850,000

The Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, S.C.

An alleged failure to timely diagnose a veteran’s lung cancer at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Dorn Medical Center in Columbia, S.C., has led to a settlement of $850,000 to his widow. The settlement in the medical malpractice case of the late William Whitaker, an honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran, was approved by U.S. Judge […]