Article: Preeclampsia: nurse gave pitocin, ordered to pay share of verdict.(Brief article)

A complex case from the District Court, Bell County, Texas, resulted in a $12,825,000 verdict for a child with cerebral palsy and other neurologic deficits related to oxygen deprivation at birth.

The physicians were accused of mismanaging the mother's preeclampsia and of ignoring non-reassuring fetal heart tracings during labor that should have called for an emergency c-section.

The labor and delivery nurse was held 25% ...

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