Re: FRI Highest Malpractice Award in Michigan History

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Wed May 30 22:54:32 2001


In a message dated 5/30/01 6:12:34 PM, marilyncnm@hotmail.com writes:

<< In what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Michigan history, Washtenaw County last week awarded Dawn Goll with $23 million for the "inexplicable" absence of her obstetrician during the birth of her fourth child, who has brain damage due to complications during labor, the Detroit News reports. Goll had arranged for obstetrician Lawrence Schrock to "personally oversee" the birth of the child, Sierra, to help prevent complications that caused her third child to be born with mild brain damage. However, Schrock missed the birth, and Sierra also suffered permanent brain damage. >>

Okay... now we need to come up with a tight, concise (is that redundant?) definition of a new medical-malpractice-obstetrical term: "SCHROCKed". I'm just not sure if we should make it "condition of a doctor who gets sued for missing delivery" or "damage to a baby due to lack of birth attendant" or "giving lots of money in a case with genetic damage and blaming it on someone else" or what... Any ideas?

Joe P.





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