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Physician fails to diagnose woman’s abdominal tumor - $700,000 Settlement (access required)

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 18, 2008

The plaintiff is a widowed Somalian female, age 58, mother of eight. She presented to the defendant health care provider March 21, 2005, complaining of abdominal pain in the left lower quadrant over two to three weeks. A colonoscopy was performed in July 2005, which was negative other than showing two small polyps, which were ...
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