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SEABURY-PETERSON v. JHAMB

Docket No. Cum-10-303.

15 A.3d 746 (2011)

2011 ME 35

Donna SEABURY-PETERSON et al. v. Kristen K. JHAMB et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Nyhan, Esq. (orally), Katherine W. Fawcett, Esq. , Preti Flaherty , Portland, ME, for Kristen K. Jhamb and Mid-Coast Medical Group.

L. Scott Gould, Esq. (orally), Cape Elizabeth, ME, Elliott L. Epstein, Esq. , Pickus & Epstein, LLC, Portland, ME, for Donna Seabury-Peterson and Joseph Peterson.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and JABAR, JJ.

JABAR, J.

[¶ 1] A jury awarded Donna Seabury-Peterson and her husband, Joseph Peterson, more than $1.1 million in damages for the negligence of Kristen K. Jhamb, M.D. and Mid Coast Medical Group (collectively Mid Coast) in failing to diagnose Donna's recurrent breast cancer, which had metastasized to her bones. Mid Coast argues that, in reaching its verdict, the jury was motivated by sympathy, confusion, or a prejudicial remark made by the Petersons during their...

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