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Chaisson Law Announces Jury Finds Doctors Negligent in Death of Pregnant Patient in Torrance; Physicians Fail to Diagnose Ovarian Cancer—Family Awarded $3 Million
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, June 12th, 2009
Sonia Perez Chaisson and Martin Stanley, attorneys for the plaintiffs, announced that the Los Angeles Superior Court has awarded nearly $3 million ($2,899,887.00) to the Torrance family of Ann Frances Seneriches, who died at age 32 resulting from failure to diagnose and treat ovarian cancer. Defendants Carline Louis Jacques, M.D. and Young S. Kim. M.D. of Southern California are to make restitution to the husband and minor son of the decedent. California medical malpractice caps limit compensation to $250,000.
Chaisson comments, “Ann had her whole life in front of her. She has left behind a husband and son due to the defendants’ failure to diagnose ovarian cancer—a...
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