Legal Opinion
Lavelle v. Laboratory Corp. of America
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 28, 2014No. A13A1722PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MCFADDEN, Judge.
Plaintiff Timothy Lavelle, individually and as the surviving spouse and executor of the estate of Cathleen Lavelle, brought this action against a physician, a medical practice, appellee Laboratory Corporation of America (“LabCorp”), and John Does 1-10, seeking damages for alleged ordinary and professional negligence in failing to diagnose and treat Cathleen Lavelle’s cervical cancer in a timely fashion. This appeal concerns only the single allegation against LabCorp that its employee was negligent in failing to detect abnormal cells on a Papanicolaou (“Pap”) smear test slide…
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