Plaintiff was a 30-year-old Caucasian male who presented to a local area orthopedic surgeon for complaints of hip pain. An MRI was performed after a workup, which showed a cyst in the left hip. That MRI could not determine whether the lesion was cystic in nature or whether it was a tumor. No biopsy and no testing was performed to confirm the nature of the cyst. Surgery was performed, however, the cyst was not biopsied. Plaintiff went on to develop a giant cell type of tumor and needed a total hip replacement.
Brad Schulman of Napleton & Partners represented the plaintiff.