Doctor's Negligence During Birth Process Results in $1 Million Settlement

A Jacksonville couple's joy at the birth of their son was eclipsed
by the horror and pain of the serious, permanent injuries the wife sustained
due to a careless physician's negligence. Our attorneys represented
the family, negotiating a $1 million settlement with the responsible doctor.
Upon admission to the hospital, labor did not progress normally and the
physician allowed nurses to try manipulating the unborn child to facilitate
a vaginal birth. More than 15 hours of unsuccessful labor passed before
her physician ordered a Cesarean Section. In the operating room, the phsysician
told others that she felt faint and during the course of surgery cut through
the patient's uterine artery.
After the delivery, the new mother was sent to recovery where her blood
pressure began to drop and she lost consciousness. This was reported to
her doctor, but it was more than an hour before the phsyician came in
to do an examination. At this point the patient was suffering from internal
bleeding and severe shock; her blood pressure and pulse has become dangerously
low. Although her critical injuries were accumulating, the phsyician waited
another 12 hours before attempting to repair the bleeding artery. The
new mother suffered brain injury, damage to her reproductive system, and
nerve damage to her lower extremities.