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June 12, 2001 Winchester Sun
A Powell County woman has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages from a Clark Regional Medical Center doctor the victim says allowed her cancer to go undetected.

By CATHY GILKEY
Sun Staff Writer

A Powell County woman has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages from a Clark Regional Medical Center doctor the victim says allowed her cancer to go undetected.

A Clark Circuit Court jury awarded Linda Carol Abney $1,334,636 from Dr. Dusik Shin, a radiologist who works as a contract physician for the hospital. She testified that Dr. Shin misread a report that indicated she had cancer in 1995. She alleged that had the cancer been caught earlier, she would have required a less-intensive treatment. The jury, which deliberated close to eight hours Monday, came back with a near-unanimous vote. Only one juror did not agree; 11 others found Dr. Shin "failed to comply with duty imposed on him," according to Circuit Court records.

Ms. Abney was awarded $39,478 in medical expenses; $30,000 in future medical expenses; $15,158 in lost wages; $250,000 in lost future wages; $500,000 in for pain and suffering, and $500,000 in future pain and suffering. The five-day trial had several professionals testify that Dr. Shin's negligence caused Ms. Abney's cancer to continue to spread.

** Reprinted with permission. **