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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 8, 2011

Device Maker Sued for Malfunction

A woman who decided against a mastectomy to treat her cancer is suing a medical device company and an Orange County hospital because she still may lose her breasts, not from the disease, but from a malfunction during radiation therapy.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A woman who decided against a mastectomy in her battle with cancer is suing a medical device manufacturer and an Orange County hospital because she still may lose her breasts - not from the disease, but from a malfunction during her radiation therapy.


In the lawsuit filed by Jeffery A. Milman, partner at Hodes Milman LLP in Irvine, the woman identified as Jane Doe alleges she has tungsten particles i...

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