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HOFFART v. HODGE

No. A-95-1328.

567 N.W.2d 600 (1997)

5 Neb. App. 838

Andrea HOFFART, Personal Representative of the Estate of C. Elizabeth Lemon, Deceased, Appellant, v. Dennis L. HODGE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Nebraska.

July 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wieland, of Healey & Wieland Law Firm, Lincoln, for appellant.

Raymond E. Walden and Mark E. Novotny, of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for appellee.

Before HANNON, SIEVERS, and MUES, JJ.

HANNON, Judge.

In this action, the estate of C. Elizabeth Lemon seeks to recover for wrongful death and predeath damages upon the basis of the alleged medical malpractice of the defendant, Dr. Dennis L. Hodge. The estate maintains that Hodge negligently failed to diagnose a lump in Lemon's breast as cancer during two early visits and that when Lemon's cancer was correctly diagnosed several months later, the time for successful treatment had passed. In his defense...

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