Koenke v. Eldenburg

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

Leonard Koenke, Jr., surviving husband of Dorothy Koenke, sued Dr. Donald El-denburg for Dr. Eldenburg’s alleged negligence in failing to make an early diagnosis of a malignant melanoma which caused Dorothy Koenke’s death. A jury rendered a verdict for defendant, and Koenke appeals from the ensuing judgment.

Dorothy Koenke consulted Dr. Elden-burg on August 11, 1978, complaining of a lesion on her right heel. Dr. Eldenburg diagnosed the lesion as a plantar wart and prescribed radiation therapy. He referred her to Dr. Daum, a radiologist, who gave a course of X-ray…