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BROMME v. PAVITT

Docket No. C009149.

5 Cal.App.4th 1487 (1992)

7 Cal. Rptr.2d 608

CHARLES BROMME, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PETER C. PAVITT, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Schleicher & Sargeant, Estelle A. Schleicher and Bridget Baynes for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Schuering, Zimmerman, Scully & Nolen, Leo H. Schuering, Jr., and John J. Sillis for Defendant and Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, S. Thomas Todd, Daniel J. Gonzalez and Lisa Perrochet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTLAND, J.

Defendant was decedent Joan Bromme's physician from 1979 until her death in 1984. In June 1980, Bromme complained of abdominal pain, but defendant did not diagnose its cause. Following her renewed complaints in September 1981, it was determined that Bromme had colon cancer. After Bromme's death, her husband (plaintiff) brought this wrongful death action against defendant.

Evidence at trial suggested that...

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