Record-Setting $229 Million Awarded By Maryland Jury For Infant’s Brain Damage

(July 9, 2019, 11:28 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A Maryland jury on July 1 awarded a mother and child $229.6 million —believed by their attorney to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in the country — after concluding that a hospital gave the mother misleading information about the baby’s prognosis, which led to her refusing a cesarean section delivery.  The baby suffered brain damage during the vaginal delivery and now requires extensive care (Zubida Byrom, et al. v. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc., No. 24-C-18-002909, Md. Cir., Baltimore City)....

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