Cookham Wood jail breast cancer ruling quashed
A woman's right to claim for damages after doctors failed to diagnose her breast cancer while she was in prison in Kent has been quashed.
Cheryl Carter, 34, of Brixton, south London, successfully sued in the High Court for negligence over treatment she received at Cookham Wood jail in 2005.
Now three judges sitting at the Appeal Court have said the finding of negligence was not sustainable in law.
Ms Carter's damages hearing was to have taken place next month.
Her cancer was discovered after she left prison in 2005, and she underwent a mastectomy a year later.
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