$1 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Report Radiological Findings to Patient

Sheryl Jones, 60, had a history of emphysema and smoking. When she experienced shortness of breath, she went to a hospital where physician Dr. Lawrence Segal ordered a computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the chest with contrast.

The results of the CTA showed a lesion on her right upper lung. Dr. Segal diagnosed blood pressure issues and prescribed medication. Two days later, Jones returned to the hospital after her cardiologist told her that a clot was found on the CTA. Jones was told that the scans had been misinterpreted as showing a clot.

About three years later, Jones was treated for metastatic lung cancer. She died the following month and was survived by her daughter.

Jones’s daughter, on behalf of her estate, sued Dr. Segal, alleging medical negligence. The estate claimed that Dr. Segal chose not to communicate the radiological findings to Jones and that her cancer went untreated for three years and was allowed to metastasize. The jury signed a verdict for $1 million finding the defendant 50.01% liable.

The attorneys handling this wrongful death, medical malpractice lawsuit for the Jones’s estate were Mary Lamberti and Gary Andrews.

Johns v. Segal, No. 20 EV 004340 (Ga. St. Ct. Fulton County)

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