A woman who is terminally ill with cancer and who sued in relation to the alleged misinterpretation of a CervicalCheck smear slide nine years ago has settled her case for €2.5million. The settlement by herself and her husband is against a laboratory in Austin, Texas, which tested her smear slide in 2010 and reported it as negative. Patrick Treacy SC instructed by Cian O’Carroll solicitor, for the couple, said Clinical Pathology Laboratories Incorporated of Austin, Texas, had admitted a breach of duty in the reading of the woman’s 2010 cervical smear slide. 2010 cervical smear testAt the opening of the case Mr Treacy said the “real tragedy” was that had the 2010 smear test been correctly reported, the woman would have had an investigative procedure and been treated appropriately, he said. The woman on September 17th, 2010 underwent a cervical smear test as part of the national cervical screening programme.

Source: The Irish Times April 04, 2019 10:59 UTC