Medical Malpractice (Birth Injury, VBAC)
Binding Arbitration Award - $1,460,000

Mother went to defendant obstetrician late in pregnancy. It was agreed that she would attempt a vaginal delivery, even though her first baby had been born by cesarean section ("VBAC"). The labor went well at first, but the baby developed fetal distress. Defendant failed to recognize fetal distress, and the baby suffered hypoxia and mechanical trauma due to difficult delivery from an occiput-posterior ("OP") position.