{"id":5085,"date":"2020-01-23T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2020-01-20T20:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T02:30:24","slug":"2-58-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-diagnose-and-treat-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/2-58-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-diagnose-and-treat-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.58 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Lana Burton went in for a routine mammogram and later developed a lump in her breast, she went back for another mammogram and an ultrasound. The radiologist, Dr. Sanford Limpkin, interpreted the mammogram and ultrasound as being normal.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen months later, she was diagnosed as having triple negative cancer of the right breast.  She underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. Sadly, she died within three years. Burton was 56 when she passed away; she was survived by her husband and adult daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The Burton estate sued Dr. Limpkin and his employer, Advanced Radiology, alleging that they chose not to timely diagnose and treat breast cancer. The Burton family asserted that Burton\u2019s mass was observable on the second set of tests that were done and that Burton should have therefore undergone <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopaedia.org\/articles\/spot-view-mammography?lang=us\">spot compression imaging<\/a>.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/2-58-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-diagnose-and-treat-breast-cancer\/#more-5085\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Lana Burton went in for a routine mammogram and later developed a lump in her breast, she went back for another mammogram and an ultrasound. The radiologist, Dr. Sanford Limpkin, interpreted the mammogram and ultrasound as being normal. Fifteen months later, she was diagnosed as having triple negative cancer of the right breast. 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