A Florida family was awarded $33.8 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after a judge ruled that a baby\u2019s irreversible brain damage was caused by the decisions of a federally employed doctor.<\/p>\n
The baby\u2019s mother was a patient at Jessie Trice Community Health Center in Miami Gardens, Florida when the baby was born on December 2, 2013. Because the clinic is federally funded, the federal government is responsible for paying the award. <\/p>\n
The mother testified that she pleaded for a cesarean section, but the doctor attending her labor and delivery refused, and left to attend another delivery. The lawsuit also claimed that the doctor was speaking on the phone with his financial adviser. The baby was not breathing when he was born, and he suffered brain damage due to lack of oxygen, according to court documents. Medical experts from both the plaintiffs and the defense agreed that the brain damage could have (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Florida family was awarded $33.8 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after a judge ruled that a baby\u2019s irreversible brain damage was caused by the decisions of a federally employed doctor. The baby\u2019s mother was a patient at Jessie…<\/span><\/p>\n