A Philadelphia jury reached a $35 million verdict against Penn Medicine and Main Line Health after a cancer misdiagnosis led the plaintiff to undergo a medically unnecessary full hysterectomy.
Penn and physician Janos Tanyi were found liable for 35% — or $12.25 million — of the total verdict. The decision came after the plaintiff, Isis Spencer, filed a complaint in January alleging “negligent and outrageous conduct.”
The suit named named Penn, Penn Medicine, the University’s health system, and Tanyi as defendants…