Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Blog - Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP

A New York jury awarded a mother and her child $19.6 million for a birth injury that happened in 1998. The mother, who had been looking forward to her first child after eight years of trying to have a baby, but found the birth at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan to be a nightmare. The baby was high in the birth canal, and the mother's lawyer said that the doctors should have realized the only option was an emergency c-section.

Instead, the hospital resident tugged on the baby with forceps for 23 minutes before finally getting him through the birth canal. The baby was born lifeless and oxygen-deprived and had to have emergency resuscitation, but the anesthesiologist inserted a breathing tube into the boy's stomach. The mother suffered a tear in her vaginal area that reached her rectum, but one of the doctors attempting to repair the damage left the room, and the remaining doctor badly botched the repair, leaving the mother with an injury that continues to be painful.

The jury returned the medical malpractice verdict after only one day's deliberation at the end of a three-week trial.

The birth of a child should be a joyous occasion, but a doctor's error can turn it into a tragedy. If your bundle of joy has been hurt by a doctor's malpractice, contact the experienced medical malpractice attorneys at Pomerantz, Perlberger, and Lewis, LLP today for a free initial consultation and case evaluation.