$15.1 Million Awarded For Boy’s Brain Damage At Birth By Tennessee Federal Judge

Mealey's (February 10, 2020, 6:17 PM EST) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Following a bench trial, a Tennessee federal judge awarded $15.1 million on Jan. 28 to a 15-year-old boy who suffered severe oxygen deprivation during his birth, citing the failure of health care providers at a military base hospital to appropriately counsel his mother about the risk of attempting to have a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) (A.J.J.T., et al. v. United States, No. 3:15-01073, M.D. Tenn., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13903)....