$23.8m award in childbirth lawsuit

In one of the largest malpractice verdicts in state history, a Suffolk County jury has awarded $23.8 million to the family of a girl born with cerebral palsy after a traumatic delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Jurors took less than four hours Monday to find two Mass. General obstetricians negligent in the delivery in 1996 of Julia McLaughlin, who was ... (Full article: 1069 words)

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