Date: 06-28-2008

Case Style: Leslie Jill Mieth v. Yorktown Health and Diagnostic

Case Number: Unknown

Judge: Robert Barnet, Jr.

Court: Circuit Court, Delaware County, Indiana

Plaintiff's Attorney: Scott Starr, Logansport, Indiana

Defendant's Attorney: Unknown

Description: Leslie Jill Mieth sued Yorktown Health and Diagnostic and others for failing to properly diagnose and treat a malignant melanoma cancer on her foot. She claimed that defendants failed to have appropriate pathological examination of tissue removed from her foot in 2002. Plaintiff claimed that Mohammed S. Bahrami, then practicing at Yorktown Health and Diagnostic, removed a tumor from Jill Mieth's left foot on Aug. 23, 2002. The tumor was not sent to a pathology lab for testing as planned, and the patient was never informed of that oversight. A second tumor removed from Mieth's foot by a podiatrist in September 2003 tested positive for malignant melanoma. She claimed that the care that she received was below the standard of care.

The defenses asserted by defendants are not available.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $3.25 million.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: Editor's Note: The maximum amount that Plaintiff will be awarded in Indiana may be $1.25 million.