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Brain-damaged 10-year-old boy wins dlrs 10 million verdict |
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April 22, 2000
NEW YORK, APR 21 (UNB/AP) - A jury awarded a 10-year-old boy dlrs 10 million for brain damage he suffered after hospital staffers turned his mother away three times when she was about to give birth to him.
The New York state jury awarded the money Wednesday to Brevenick "Pedro" Lara, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair. He cannot feed, bathe or dress himself and needs round-the-clock care, said lawyer Judith Livingston.
Livingston said that in 1990, staffers at Metropolitan Hospital turned away Maria Lara, telling her she was not ready to give birth even though she told them she knew she was in labor and about to have her fourth child.
On her fourth request for admission within about three hours, staffers agreed to examine her, Livingston said. She said that as they were helping her onto an examining table, the baby came.
During the delivery, Livingston said, the baby somehow suffered a head injury that caused bleeding in the brain.
The hospital's lawyer, Brendan Lantier, denied there was malpractice. He said the delivery was without incident, "and the child's injuries are not related to procedures at his birth."
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