Monthly Archives: July 2019

A Maryland jury awarded a woman a record $229.6 million earlier this month after she claimed that her daughter suffered brain injuries during birth due to medical malpractice. According to the Baltimore Sun, the jury award is the largest medical malpractice award in the history of the United States, although it was capped at just over $200 million due to state laws. The mother claimed in her lawsuit against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center that about five years ago, she was told by doctors that her baby would die or suffer brain damage as a result of her suffering from high blood pressure from preeclampsia. Her attorneys argued that this was incorrect. According to the news outlet, the woman decided to forgo a cesarean section and the baby suffered brain injuries. The woman’s lawsuit claimed that child should have been delivered via C-Section and that the child suffered from a…
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