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Hospital Hit With Verdict For Medical Malpractice and Brain Injury - Dallas, Texas

 

A judge awarded $1.6 million to a patient who sustained a brain injury allegedly from excessive amounts of morphine following surgery at a Veterans Affairs hospital. In 2007, Susan Atkisson received the painkiller during follow-up reconstructive surgery at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Her husband claimed additional excessive amounts of morphine were given for pain following the surgery until his wife was found suffering from prolonged respiratory depression, causing hypoxemia and a permanent brain injury. Plaintiff's counsel argued that the hospital failed to monitor the patient and the morphine amounts given.

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Suit Over Brain Baby Injury Results In Large Plaintiff's Verdict

 

A jury awarded nearly $61 million to a 6–year–old boy who suffers brain damage that was alleged to be an injury that occurred during his birth. The boy's parents, Bruce and Mary Swanson, alleged that the delivering obstetrician took far too long — about nine minutes — to free an impacted shoulder, thereby allowing the fetus to sustain asphyxia. The Swansons also claimed that the obstruction stemmed from a nurse's decision to commence the pushing process before the obstetrician had arrived in the delivery room. The child, Michael Swanson, suffered developmental delays that are expected to necessitate years of therapy and custodial care. The defendants argued that Michael's injury occurred long before his birth, but the jury found otherwise.

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