David Marsh reached a settlement on behalf of a young mother whose newborn child died. Suit was brought against the mother’s obstetrician and the hospital where labor and delivery occurred.
The drug Pitocin was used to start labor. The suit claimed that the Pitocin was mismanaged and the doctor and nurses failed to recognize obvious signs that the baby was becoming compromised. Sadly, the baby was not responsive at birth. The baby did not receive adequate oxygen during the latter stages of labor and she suffered a catastrophic brain injury, which caused her death. There was a dispute between the doctor and the nurses as to what the doctor was told about the fetal monitoring strips; the doctor maintained that if he had been correctly informed how the baby was doing, he would have immediately performed a life-saving c-section.
