Claim Results In Jury Verdict For $5,000,000 For Loss Of Baby
Not every state permits parents to pursue a claim for medical malpractice or wrongful death after the stillbirth of their baby. In certain states the mother alone has standing to file a claim. The father has no standing to file a claim. A number of states have a cause of action solely for a pecific category of mothers for the emotional harm she suffered due to the death of her infant. To be eligible she needed to have suffered her own physical injury from the same act of medical negligence that led to the death of her baby.
In one reported case a man and a woman at last find one another, fall in love, and decide to marry and raise a family together. Their greatest wish is to have a child and so they start trying to get pregnant before to the wedding. They do marry and they get the long-for hoped news that the woman is expecting a baby. Their desire for having a family looks like it is becoming a reality. They learn that the baby is a boy. A baby shower is thrown and family and friends get invited. The couple picks out a name for their son. They begin planning for his arrival. They paint, decorate, and equip the baby