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Illinois Appellate Court affirms jury verdict for negligent delivery and death of newborn.

September 10th, 2007 by Dawn Mefford

On August 2, an Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a jury verdict of $1.75 million for the negligent medical treatment and ultimate death of a newborn. At trial, the plaintiff alleged that her doctors negligently failed to diagnose Group B streptococcus (GB S) infection as well as macrosomia (significantly overgrown fetus).  Defendants failed to perform the necessary prenatal cultures that would have revealed that plaintiff was a GBS carrier and required necessary antibiotics to prevent transmission of the infection to her fetus.  Further, defendant failed to identify fetal macrosomia, and thereby allowed plaintiff to attempt a dangerous and unsuccessful vaginal delivery when c-section was both safer and the ultimately used method.  
 
The full opinion is available HERE.

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