C-Section was ordered an hour too late, birth injury plaintiff claims – Defense Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 28, 2013
Tags: Judge Sage B. Johnson, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts, Washington County Circuit Court
Plaintiff contended that the defendant OB/GYN failed to appropriately monitor her mother’s labor, recognize and respond to fetal distress, and timely order a C-section, which resulted in anoxic encephalopathy with severe and permanent neurological injury and cerebral palsy. The primary focus was on the fetal heart tracings between 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2003, until [...]

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