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Jury Awards $12 Million in Breast Cancer Case

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $12 million to a woman with mortal breast cancer in her suit against two doctors object of allegedly wanting to diagnose the murrain ahead it had progressed to an incurable stage. The woman's attorney said complete of the doctors had settled before hardship, and that the jury concluded that the settling doctor was 35 percent responsible because the flop to identify. As a come to pass, the plaintiff stands to recover 65 percent of the verdict, or $7.8 million, from the nonsettling doctor.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 12:08 pm and is filed under Lawyer - News.