Sacramento Partner Paul Baleria and Walnut Creek Partner Allison Friedman obtained a unanimous defense verdict following a one-week trial in Stanislaus County Superior Court in a medical malpractice case on behalf of two physicians, a medical oncologist, and a radiation oncologist. The plaintiff in this matter alleged that she was unnecessarily treated with chemo-radiation therapy for non-invasive rectal cancer, resulting in rectal incontinence.
The defendant physicians denied the plaintiff's claims. They proceeded to trial with a separate jury and asserted a statute of limitations defense. The jury returned a verdict in their favor.
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