Federal Judge Orders United States To Pay $32.9M In Medical Malpractice Suit

Mealey's (April 24, 2017, 12:47 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on April 20 found that the United States was responsible for the brain damage a child sustained during delivery at a federally funded facility and ordered the United States to pay the parents of the child $32.9 million (Christina Late, et al. v. United States of America, No. 1:13-CV-0756, M.D. Pa., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60012)....