New Mexico Jury Awards Child, Mother $73.2 Million For Injuries During Delivery

Mealey's (September 11, 2018, 10:54 AM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — A jury in a New Mexico state court on Aug. 23 awarded $73.2 million, including $40 million in punitive damages, to a child who sustained a variety of injuries at birth and his mother, who had diabetes during pregnancy.  The jury found a hospital system vicariously liable for health care providers’ failure to properly track the baby’s size during gestation and failure to advise the mother to have a C-section (Anne Sperling, et al. v. Pecos Valley of New Mexico LLC, No. D-101-CV-2016-00742, N.M. 1st Jud. Dist., Santa Fe Co.)....