This wrongful death lawsuit resulted in a jury award of $3.9 million for the family of Karna Mongar, who died during a botched abortion in 2009.<\/p>\n
Mongar, who died at the age of 41, had placed her trust in Dr. Kermit Gosnell to perform a safe dilation and evacuation abortion at what was then his facility, the Women\u2019s Medical Society, in Philadelphia. Gosnell, now incarcerated, was convicted of first-degree murder for the deaths of three babies born alive during other abortion procedures. <\/p>\n
The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in 2011. In May 2011, Gosnell was sentenced to up to five years for an involuntary manslaughter charge relating to Mongar\u2019s death. <\/p>\n
According to the statement of claim filed in this case, the Women\u2019s Medical Society staff were not certified to perform medical tasks, yet were in charge of giving Mongar a variety of pain medications (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This wrongful death lawsuit resulted in a jury award of $3.9 million for the family of Karna Mongar, who died during a botched abortion in 2009. Mongar, who died at the age of 41, had placed her trust in Dr.…<\/span><\/p>\n