(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — In Nov. 2015 a doctor with Adventist Health Partners conducted a first trimester ultrasound, after which she told a mother that her baby did not have a heartbeat.
Due to the diagnosed miscarriage, a procedure was scheduled for six days later to remove the baby's remains from the woman's uterus.
During that procedure, it was discovered that the baby was still alive. The doctor stopped the procedure, but the mother lost the baby three weeks later.
The family’s lawyers argued in court that a uterine infection — caused by the previous procedure — led the mother to experience a spontaneous rupture. Due to that, the family lost the baby, lawyers said.
On July 5, a Cook County jury awarded a record $5.2 million verdict to the family.
Lawyers for the family said the doctor was responsible for the loss. In the initial ultrasound, they said, she measured the umbilical cord — and not the fetus itself — which led her to misdiagnose a miscarriage.
“The jury carefully considered the facts and deliberated to reach the right and just decision,” said Bradley Cosgrove, a lawyer for the family. “The negligence here was compounded by medical professionals who refused to take responsibility for their wrongful actions.”
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