Patelczyk v. Olson

Plaintiffs, Rose Patelczyk and William Patelczyk, sought damages from defendant, Walter R. Olson, for medical malpractice.

Defendant, a board certified general surgeon in Munising, performed a mastectomy on Rose Patelczyk in 1975. Both she and her husband, William Patelczyk, who has filed a derivative claim, contend that defendant failed to prescribe radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy as postoperative treatment, either or both of which would have aided in preventing the spread of further cancer. Plaintiffs also claim defendant failed to refer her to specialists when she requested. At the…