Woman with cancer: 'Absolutely vile' that US lab claims she could be partly at fault

“I don’t understand how they can say I am at fault. I couldn’t have fought harder if I tried. It’s vile, absolutely vile."

Woman with cancer: 'Absolutely vile' that US lab claims she could be partly at fault

A mother of two who is seriously ill with cancer and who has sued over a 2012 smear test has told the High Court it is “absolutely vile” a US laboratory is claiming she could be partly at fault.

“I don’t understand how they can say I am at fault. I couldn’t have fought harder if I tried. It’s vile, absolutely vile,” she told Mr Justice Kevin Cross.

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