Veteran’s Suit Over Prostate Cancer Test Debacle Filed Too Late

A veteran’s estate was too late suing the U.S. and a laboratory that failed to tell him about blood test results early enough to potentially save his life, the Sixth Circuit said.

Raymond Price’s estate stated a medical malpractice claim, not an administrative claim, against health-care providers based on their alleged failure to transmit results indicating he had a high risk of developing prostate cancer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said.

The claim “originated, stemmed, or resulted from the prevention, identification, or alleviation of a physical or mental defect, illness, or disease” and thus was a ...