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Litigation

May 31, 2017

Man sues university, claiming he got cancer from kidney transplant

A man has sued the UC Davis Medical Center for medical negligence after allegedly receiving a cancerous kidney.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — A man has sued the UC Davis Medical Center for medical negligence after allegedly receiving a cancerous kidney.

Robert Kelgard claims he contracted metastatic adenocarcinoma from a June 2015 transplant operation. According to the filing, doctors "should have known the kidney donor had cancer, should not have offered the kidney for transplant, and ...

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