Beleaguered diagnostics company Theranos has been hit with another lawsuit, this time from a patient claiming that an inaccurate blood test resulted in medical decisions that triggered a heart attack. It’s at least the ninth civil suit filed against the onetime Silicon Valley darling, according to Ars Technica.
According to the suit, filed as a class action in federal court in Phoenix, a man identified only as “R.C.” suffered a heart attack less than a month after a Theranos blood test showed “clear” blood-sugar and lipid levels. The results caused the man’s cardiologist to recommend no changes to his medications.
