A metro Atlanta woman has filed a negligence lawsuit alleging that a mislabeled tissue sample led doctors to tell her she had an aggressive uterine cancer she never had, and that she underwent a full hysterectomy as a result.
Cassandra Barksdale, who was 43 at the time of the surgery, filed the complaint in the State Court of Clayton County, Georgia, on August 4 against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co. and a senior laboratory information analyst. The allegations have not been proven in court, and no defendant has been found liable.
