Gorfti v. Montgomery

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order removing a non-suit and granting appellee a new trial 1 in a medical malpractice action.

At the end of May, 1983, appellee Seija K. Gorfti, then 34 years old, visited appellant, her regular gynecologist, complaining of a lump in her left breast. Upon examination, the nodule proved to measure less than one centimeter. Appellant ordered a mammogram which was performed two weeks later, and interpreted by the radiologist as demonstrating normal results, although with the proviso that the patient should be monitored. Appellant cancelled a June…