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- Title: Wozniak v. Lipoff
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 19, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a medical malpractice action filed by the survivors of
Patricia Wozniak against Dr. Jay Lipoff for negligence in the
treatment of Wozniak's Graves' disease. The jury returned a
verdict finding Wozniak to be 20% at fault and Dr. Lipoff to be
80% at fault. Judgment was therefore entered against Dr. Lipoff
for $584,000, 80% of the total damages of $730,000 found by the
jury. Dr. Lipoff appeals. Patricia Wozniak had worked for Dr. Lipoff as his medical
secretary since June of 1982. In July of 1984, Dr. Lipoff ran
tests on Wozniak after noticing her eyes had begun to bulge and
her thyroid gland was enlarged. The tests showed Wozniak to be
hyperthyroid, and Dr. Lipoff, diagnosing her case as Graves'
disease, agreed to treat Wozniak at her request.
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