Boy with Cerebral Palsy to be cared for with an $8M Malpractice Award
A jury on Thursday October 25th in Auburn, Maine sided with the plaintiff and awarded almost $8 million to a 5-year-old brain damaged boy and his mother in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and one of its midwives. Odysseus was born in April 2002 to his 16 year old mother Sasha Emond. Emond believed that the midwife who attended her at Central Main Medical Center should have recommended an emergency cesarean section when her unborn child appeared to be in fetal distress. Ultimately, Odysseus was born with cerebral palsy due to lack of blood and oxygen to his brain. “He will never be able to function in any activity of daily living without round-the-clock care, and what this jury gave him today is the ability to get that care," said Odysseus' lawyer. The hospital’s pretrial screening panel believed that it and its staff had complied with all guidelines. It took the jury 2 days to come to the decision for the plaintiff.
