Dale couldn’t help but recall a deposition from a few years back. It was the husband of a woman who had died of breast cancer. The allegation in the lawsuit was that the disease should have been seen and reported to them over two years earlier than it was. The ultrasound and biopsy had shown cancer, but the chain of communication broke down, and the patient was never told. The case was resolved before trial, but it was the man’s deposition that haunted Dale now. She’d asked him to describe her treatment at UAB after learning the news. The husband had started out simply regurgitating the
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