Susan Skelly-Hand was pregnant with her second child when, on February 25, 1996 at about 12:15 p.m., her water broke and her husband drove her to the hospital in Potsdam, New York. There, she met Jose Lizardi, M.D., the obstetrician who, two years earlier, delivered her first child. At 8:15 p.m. Rachel Elizabeth Hand was
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$8,000,000 Brain Damage Verdict Vacated by Appeals Court; New Trial Ordered Because Trial Judge Erroneously Discharged a Deliberating Juror
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Posted in Brain Injuries, Medical Malpractice
Destiny Avila was born at Harlem Hospital on January 5, 2001. It was a difficult delivery – Destiny was 10 pounds and her clavicle had to be forcibly fractured to get her out. Then, she was intubated and sent to the neonatal ICU for two days. Apparently all was well and baby and mother…