A primary care physician will have to face a jury on claims she failed to diagnose a patient’s breast cancer in a timely manner (Russell v. May, 2017 BL 298848, Kan., No. 111,671, 8/25/17).
The Kansas Supreme Court sent the medical malpractice case against Tana Goering of Witchita, Kan., back to trial Aug. 25. The court said Goering may have breached her duty of care to the patient, Staci Russell, in 2008 by either failing to order a biopsy of a lump that Russell found in her breast or by scheduling a follow-up appointment with Russell ...
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