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Young Woman Receives Award for Radiation Exposure

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC represented a young woman in a medical malpractice case against a physician who administered radiation treatments following surgery for cancer. According to our client's physician, the woman became sterile after receiving the radiation treatments in her pelvic area. A physician must take reasonable steps to protect his patients from harm. In this case, the physician did not shield our client's ovaries from radiation exposure. After a week-long trial, our client received a substantial cash settlement.