In 1981 defendant, a specialist in internal medicine, treated plaintiff for complaints of chest pains and shortness of breath. X rays revealed a spot on the left lung and a subsequent needle biopsy report indicated that plaintiff had a malignant cancer. Defendant referred plaintiff to a general surgeon, Robert Rakov, who removed the upper half of plaintiff's lung. Pathological examination of the lung tissue the following day revealed that...
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