U.S. government admits medical negligence in cancer death

ASSOCIATED PRESS

3:08 p.m. April 30, 2008

LOS ANGELES – The federal government has acknowledged it was negligent in the death of an immigrant whose cancer went undiagnosed for nearly a year while he was in custody.

The government last week acknowledged medical negligence, one of four allegations contained in a lawsuit filed by the family of 36-year-old Francisco Castaneda.

“Was there medical negligence and we're saying yes,â€