Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer – Defense Verdict

Dennis Vandenberg and the Peterson Bernard medical malpractice team obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a family physician after a 5 day jury trial in Lee County, Florida.  The case involved an alleged failure to diagnose breast cancer.  The testimony focused on the self-reported history given by the patient to the defendant doctor during one office visit and as corroborated by two witnesses.  At the time of trial, the plaintiff had Stage IV breast cancer.