Posted On: April 10, 2006
$1.5M for Medical Negligence
The parents of a girl born with cerebral palsy, allegedly due to oxygen deprivation during birth, accepted a $1.5 million settlement on March 28. During labor at Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth, Bernadette Frew experienced erratic blood pressure and went into cardiac arrest. Her daughter Jessica was deprived of oxygen for about 10 minutes and suffered brain damage. Now 4 and a half years old, she cannot speak or walk.
The suit alleged that nurses Kathryn Gill, Aida Farnaso, and Corazon Tinanan failed to ensure that enough oxygen was provided. The Hackensack couple accepted $1 million last year from carriers for the physician who performed the Caesarean section.
(This information was obtained from the New Jersey Law Journal)
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