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Conn. Jury Awards Record $38.5M in Malpractice Lawsuit

East News • February 11, 2008
A Superior Court jury in Stamford, Conn. has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003. The verdict is believed to be among the ...

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Subject: RE: RE: RE: Bad Call

Posted On: February 11, 2008, 5:29 pm CST
Posted By: wudchuck
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so, tell me -- how do we know that all cerebal palsy is related to an umbilical cord cutting oxygen from the brain? i think someone went overboard. do folks that have strokes get cerebal palsy? where's the documentation that really dictates that his actions caused the cerebal palsy? not all twins are born healthy. there is just a bit of information that did not scratch the surface.

doctors are always trying to make the proper call. they don't try to make a mistake, because it can cost that person a problem later on in life. but there are sometimes when life has played you a card that you have to deal with.

i have compassion for this couple, but in the end. do we truly know that $38 mil is a lot of money - ?? do we truly know the amount of bills that will be acquired and the costs? i hope that this money is being put into a trust that will collect interest and if there is more than enough money, that the money returns back to the doctor. i think this was an overzealous amount being given by the jury. i think that there should be a mediator possible that will verify the bill appropriately and pay correctly.

my prayers are for the family that a miracle might happen!
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RE: RE: RE: RE: Bad Call Fred
Feb 12, 2008, 8:16 am
RE: RE: RE: Bad Call wudchuck
Feb 11, 2008, 5:29 pm
RE: RE: LISTEN UP DREAD Gasdoc
Feb 11, 2008, 5:21 pm
RE: RE: Bad Call Casual Observer
Feb 11, 2008, 4:34 pm
RE: Bad Call Mary B.
Feb 11, 2008, 3:48 pm
RE: LISTEN UP DREAD Dread
Feb 11, 2008, 1:46 pm
RE: RE: LISTEN UP , Listen Up Be sure to report the appeal
Feb 11, 2008, 1:43 pm
RE: LISTEN UP , Listen Up Calif Ex Pat
Feb 11, 2008, 1:24 pm
RE: LISTEN UP DREAD Been Around
Feb 11, 2008, 1:18 pm
LISTEN UP DREAD Been there!
Feb 11, 2008, 1:09 pm
Bad Call Dread
Feb 11, 2008, 1:00 pm
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