Posted On: May 24, 2007
Virginia Erb’s Palsy Verdict -- $1.9 million
After deliberating for less then an hour a Virginia Beach Circuit Court jury returned a verdict of just under $2 million against a physician at Chesapeake General Hospital. The plaintiff alleged that the obstetrician mismanaged the baby's shoulder dystocia by applying excessive traction to the baby's head resulting in Erb's palsy. The child suffered serious injuries including avulsion of nerve roots at one level and ruptured nerve roots at multiple other levels.
