General Discussion

The case was for wrongful death and it broke my heart
The woman had undiagnosed breast cancer. Went to her primary doc first, who told her the lump was nothing but out of precaution sent for a mammogram. The primary doc sent the order for the wrong breast so it came back negative ( no mass found). Ended up being a very aggressive form of cancer, it took 6 months before the mistake was figured out. Primary settled for very little but radiology did not settle.
Her family lost it was 11 to 1. The jury felt it was her fault for not correcting the docs order with the radiologist. English was not her first language, she had moved to the states from the Philippines. The case was based on standard of care and whether she received it from radiologist technician. I didn't believe she did. Unfortunately I failed to convince my fellow jurors. I have had many mammograms and the radiologist has always examined my breast to locate a lump before the mammogram. This didn't happen for this woman.