It shouldn\u2019t have taken eight long years to settle, but it did. The Rutherford family of Janesville sued for medical malpractice and won.<\/p>\n
The facts of this case are that the littlest member of the Rutherford family, Jared, was born in 2001 with shoulder dystocia, a result of medical negligence during labor and delivery. In this instance, the injury was permanent. Jared experienced pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, loss of normal life and medical expenses as a result of his delivery. His first eight years on Earth had been difficult ones for him.<\/p>\n
The foundation of this medical malpractice case was that the two attending doctors for Mrs. Kara Rutherford should have known the baby would weigh more than 10 pounds at delivery. As it was, the baby\u2019s shoulder got stuck behind his mother’s pubic bone after his head was delivered. This meant his body did not easily follow the head during delivery. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It shouldn\u2019t have taken eight long years to settle, but it did. The Rutherford family of Janesville sued for medical malpractice and won. The facts of this case are that the littlest member of the Rutherford family, Jared, was born…<\/span><\/p>\n