Earlier this week a Lewiston family and their son who has cerebral palsy received a nearly $8 million medical malpractice award in a lawsuit against Central Maine Medical Center and one of its midwives.
The plaintiff’s alleged that the midwife and the Lewiston hospital should have recommended an emergency Caesarean section when their baby appeared to be in fetal distress. Furthermore, that the fetal distress was caused by a lack of oxygen and blood to the child’s brain.
As a result of the fetal distress the child now has cerebral palsy.
