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Indiana Jury Awards Woman $50k in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer

Indiana Jury Awards Woman $50k in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer

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Nishica Srivastava
January 22, 2025
Indiana Jury Awards Woman $50k in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer

Papacek v. Anderson, et al

Case Background

Michelle Papacek filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two radiologists over their alleged failure to diagnose breast cancer. The lawsuit was filed in the Indiana Superior Court, Hamilton County. Judge William J. Hughes presided over this lawsuit. [Case number: 29D03-2212-CT-9807]

Cause

On August 24, 2018, Michelle Papacek, aged 42, attended her annual mammogram screening. Dr. Thomas Hagman, a radiologist in Indianapolis and an employee of Northwest Radiology Network, interpreted the results and found no signs of malignancy. He made no recommendations for further testing. Almost a year later, on July 26, 2019, Papacek returned for another mammogram. This time, Dr. Caryn Anderson, another radiologist employed by Northwest Radiology Network, reviewed the results and also found no abnormalities or evidence of malignancy, making no recommendations for additional evaluation. However, on October 15, 2019, Papacek visited her gynecologist, reporting a lump in her left breast. The staff confirmed the lump's presence and referred her to a hematologist/oncologist. Two weeks later, on October 30, 2019, the oncologist diagnosed her with invasive ductal carcinoma in her left breast, which had spread

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negligence
Medical Malpractice
failure to diagnose
breach of care
breast cancer
radiologists
medical malpractice