Doctor Gets Second Shot at Defense in Delayed Diagnosis Case

A Delaware doctor and his practice won a second chance to show that the lawsuit against them brought by the family of a patient who died after allegedly being misadvised about when to have a colon cancer screening was filed too late because an exception to the statute of limitations didn’t apply, the state’s top court said.

The continuous negligent medical treatment doctrine didn’t allow the family and estate of William King to proceed on a delayed-diagnosis medical malpractice claim filed seven years after his initial colonoscopy, the Delaware Supreme Court said. But the state supreme court’s decision still gives ...