Roukounakis v. Messer

The plaintiff, Laila Roukounakis, had a routine mammogram in February, 1993, and was told, after additional x-ray films were taken, that the mammogram was normal. About ten months later, in December, 1993, she began feeling fatigued and felt a nagging sensation in her left breast. She developed a tender area in her left breast in February, 1994, and consulted her primary care physician, who arranged for another mam*483mogram. The mammogram revealed a suspicious mass; an ultrasound was performed. A subsequent surgical biopsy showed a mass of four to five centimeters. The plaintiff underwent a…