Blogging from a Birth Trauma Trial in Murfreesboro — 4/10/08
posted on April 10th, 2008 in Trial by clintWe just started opening statements in a medical negligence trial in Murfreesboro. It is a birth trauma case against the Ob/Gyn and hospital wherein the child suffered a brain bleed and oxygen deprivation during the delivery. The child has cerebral palsy and is severely jandicapped. She cannot speak, walk, sit up, or feed herself. The child’s lifecare plan costs $12 million. The voir dire lasted 5 days due the “hot-button” issues in the case. The nurse has a drug history. The nurse also had an affair with another Ob/Gyn on the Labor & Delivery Unit. The Ob/Gyn is alleged to have rushed the delivery with instruments that damaged the baby’s head. This has been a major case from the genesis, perhaps because the stakes are high. We had a two-day PTC, 100 plus motions in limine, and 30 plus healthcare witnesses. The first witness goes on today.