Bullock v. Newman

JOHNSON, Judge.

The physician-patient relationship between plaintiff and defendant Newman commenced in 1975 when plaintiff went to Dr. Newman to have a lump in her right breast examined. A biopsy was performed which revealed that the lump was benign. Several years passed without event until 6 January 1982 when defendant exam*547ined plaintiff because she had noticed bleeding from the nipple of her left breast. Defendant Newman then scheduled a mammogram for 19 January 1982 which was to be performed at defendant hospital. Plaintiff was told by defendant Newman that the mammogram results were…