{"id":1637,"date":"2014-06-12T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:12:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:12:06","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-reverses-grant-motion-directed-verdict-medical-malpractice-case-failure-diagnose-cervical-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-grant-motion-directed-verdict-medical-malpractice-case-failure-diagnose-cervical-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Grant of Motion for Directed Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case for Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff Daniel Hemminger sued defendants Jeffrey LeMay, M.D., and his medical practice for damages related to the death of Hemminger\u2019s wife, Tina. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants chose not to diagnose and treat her cervical cancer in a timely fashion, which caused her death by lessening her chance of survival. At the close of the plaintiff\u2019s case, the trial judge granted the defendants\u2019 motion for directed verdict<\/a> finding that Hemminger had failed to present sufficient evidence to show that Dr. LeMay\u2019s negligence was the proximate cause of the woman’s death under a lost chance of survival theory. Hemminger took this appeal.<\/p>\n

Tina Hemminger saw Dr. LeMay, an obstetrician\/gynecologist, on June 23, 2000 complaining of abdominal pain and spotting. Dr. LeMay completed a pelvic examination, which showed that her cervix was abnormally large and firm. There was no biopsy ordered. Dr. LeMay did not order a microscopic examination of her cervix. About 6 months later, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her cancer was Stage 3B, which has a 5-year survival rate of 32%. She died of metastatic cervical cancer on April 7, 2002.<\/p>\n

Her husband sued Dr. LeMay for medical negligence claiming that he was negligent in choosing not to order tests that would have detected his wife’s cervical cancer in 2000. The lawsuit further alleged that had Dr. LeMay diagnosed the cancer in June 2000 rather than in December 2000, she would have had a significantly better chance of surviving the cancer.<\/p>\n

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