Sletten v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

On August 3, 1982, while insured by Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona (MICA), Dr. Elden Robins failed to read an X-ray report for an X-ray which he had ordered for his patient, Mrs. Sletten. As a result he did not notice the presence of a possible cancerous growth. On September 7, 1982, Robins became insured by defendant St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company. On August 2, 1984, Robins discovered the 1982 X-ray and ordered new X-rays. Mrs. Sletten was hospitalized with cancer and, shortly thereafter, died. Meanwhile, on September 7, 1984, Robins ceased…