The family of a woman who died after childbirth was awarded$4.25 million by a jury in Florida in a medical malpractice lawsuit.

The wrongful death lawsuit was brought against physicians atFort Walton Beach Medical Center by relatives of Wendy Leigh Jackson, who diedof a ruptured artery in June 2003. The lawsuit claimed that the doctors whotreated Jackson were aware that an ultrasound showed Jackson was bleeding nearher kidneys, but did not take action until it was too late.

The jury awarded Jackson’s son $1.7 million for pain andsuffering, and $185,000 for loss of support and services. The jury also awardedher husband, Richard Jackson, $1.8 million for pain and suffering and $565,000for loss of support and services.

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A woman has been awarded a $5.25 million settlement in amedical malpractice lawsuit filed against a doctor and the New MilfordHospital.

63 year-old Eileen Kelleher reached the settlement with Dr.Ramon Mabasa and the hospital at the end of September.  The lawsuit alleged that Mabasa failedto properly care for and treat Kelleher after he performed an “anteriortransabdominal approach to the lumbosacral spine” on her.

Attorney for Kelleher, Joel T. Faxon, said “Eileen Kelleheris one of the most heinously injured clients that [my firm] ever had… It’samazing she survived.”

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A Bronx man who almost died as a result of a misdiagnosis atMontefiore Medical Center was awarded $5.45 million by a jury in a medicalmalpractice lawsuit.

On May 1, 2002, Emanuel Badger visited the MontefioreMedical Center’s emergency room complaining that he felt “deathlyill…headaches, the shakes, and fever.” Doctors informed Mr. Badger that he hadcontracted a strain of the flu virus and sent him home.

A couple days after his first visit, Badger returned to theemergency room saying that his symptoms had worsened. Doctors then performed ablood test and found that Badger had a serious staph infection that wasaffecting his heart. Two days later, doctors performed heart surgery to replaceone of Badger’s valves. After the surgery doctors told Badger he was “30minutes from death.”

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A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has approved a $6million medical malpractice settlement against the University of California onbehalf of a 4-year-old boy who suffered injuries at birth at the UC DavisMedical Center.

Cannon Hoops has cerebral palsy due to neurological injurieshe suffered during birth on Dec. 1 2004. The settlement is the largest medicalmalpractice settlement ever against the UC Davis Health System.

UC Regents are self insured up to $5 million. The remaining$1 million had to be re-insured by Lloyd’s of London. Dr. Bruce Fagel, aphysician at UC Davis, said the pregnancy was “fine… (The mother) comes to thehospital for what was treated as a routine birth with a midwife during laborand the doctor at the end. They all ignored signs of distress during the laterhours of labor and didn’t recognize the problem after the birth. The situationnever should have occurred.”

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A woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result ofcomplications from spinal surgery performed at New Milford Hospital has beenawarded a $5.25 million settlement. Eileen Kelleher, 63, alleged that Dr. RamonMabasa, who performed an “anterior transabdominal approach to the lumbosacralspine,” on Kelleher, failed to properly care for and treat her, which resultedin the loss of her left leg.

Kellher’s lawyer said of the case “Eileen Kelleher is one ofthe most heinously injured clients that we have ever had… It’ s amazing shesurvived. Dr. Mabasa is no longer with the hospital, but at the time, his jobwas to do the vascular surgery. He is not a vascular surgeon. He is a generalsurgeon.”

According to court documents, during Kelleher’spost-operative recovery in the intensive care unit she suffered intraabdominalhemorrhaging, post-operative bleeding, abdominal wounds, and other severecomplications that the medical staff did not appropriately diagnose or treat,resulting in a gangrenous lower leg condition that required an above the kneeamputation.

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A family has been awarded a $4.34 million verdict against two neonatalogists on behalf of a young girl left permanently injured as a result of a viral infection misdiagnoses at birth.

Haylee Ann Kroll was born on April 21, 1994, at Coral Springs Medical Center. Over the next four days, Haylee’s condition worsened and signs of a viral infection became apparent. Haylee ran a fever and the virus attacked her liver. This resulted in Haylee’s body bleeding into the tissues causing bruise-like discoloration on her back and body.

Kroll family attorney Linda A. Alley said that for two days Halley “showed steady signs and symptoms, and the doctors ignored it… At first signs of a temperature, they should have gotten a complete blood test and liver function test. They should have started replacing blood products that were being lost to support her while her body overcame the virus on its own.”

Haylee is now 15 and has permanent cirrhosis of her liver.The brain damage she sustained as a newborn caused auditory difficulties and a vision-field defect. 

The jury deliberated for five hours before awarding Haylee and her family $350,000 for medical expenses, $400,000 for lost earning ability, and $3.5 million for past and future pain, suffering, disability,physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, and loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life.

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