CASE RESULTS

An obstetrician failed to recognize that the pregnant patient was in labor. Proper treatment of the patient would have likely delayed the delivery giving the lungs an opportunity to mature. Instead, the mother delivered twins the next morning who were premature and underdeveloped.

The babies were air-lifted to a tertiary care center in Des Moines, Iowa where they were hospitalized for approximately 3 months. Fortunately, the babies eventually recovered but not without some residual complications. We retained an expert obstetrician from Colorado who found that the delivering obstetrician had failed to exercise the required standard of care.

This case was also settled and as in most medical malpractice cases, the insurance company required that the amount of settlement remain confidential.

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