{"id":3641,"date":"2017-07-28T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2017-07-23T07:31:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T12:31:25","slug":"state-supreme-court-enters-mixed-decision-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-issue-loss-chance-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-supreme-court-enters-mixed-decision-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-issue-loss-chance-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"State Supreme Court Enters Mixed Decision in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit on the Issue of Loss of Chance Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary and Terry Cohan filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Medical Imaging Consultants<\/a> claiming that the company and its medical providers were negligent in the treatment that caused Mary\u2019s breast cancer to progress undiagnosed for one year. It was alleged that the delay in diagnosis led to her suffering damages from a shortened life expectancy and physical and mental suffering. <\/p>\n

The medical defendants moved for a directed verdict at the end of the Cohan case at the jury trial on the basis that plaintiffs failed to make a prima facie case of causation and damages against the defendant. The elements of a medical negligence claim, like all negligence claims are: duty, breach of duty, causation and damages.<\/p>\n

The district court judge granted the defendants\u2019 motion, concluding that there was no sufficient proof of damage or causation other than the loss of chance of a lower rate of non-recurrence of cancer, which did not constitute a proper measure of damage at the time.
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Mary and Terry Cohan filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Medical Imaging Consultants claiming that the company and its medical providers were negligent in the treatment that caused Mary\u2019s breast cancer to progress undiagnosed for one year. 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