$5.5 Million Settlement in Birth Injury Case

Two doctors and a suburban Chicago hospital will pay $5.5 million to settle allegations that that they were negligent in the birth of a child with severe brain damage. In the lawsuit, Eva Liberato claimed the child was deprived of oxygen after a family medicine physician at Westlake Hospital failed to deliver the baby. The child was subsequently delivered by C-section but too late to prevent permanent injury. AP, Chicago Tribune 09/22/2008
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