Firm obtains defense verdict in wrongful death case
PROVIDENCE (Nov. 5, 2010) – John Barton and Angela Carr recently obtained defense verdicts on behalf of two obstetricians who allegedly had failed to timely deliver an unborn infant at risk, which the mother claimed resulted in the child’s stillbirth during the 37th week of gestation.
The mother in the wrongful death lawsuit alleged that she suffered from a rare hepatic condition known as cholestasis of pregnancy, which placed the child at greater risk of stillbirth. She further contended that her family history of cholestasis was made known to the obstetricians approximately five days before the stillbirth, when she began experiencing severe itching and other symptoms commonly associated with cholestasis.
However, following a two-week trial in the Bristol County Superior Court in Massachusetts, a panel of 13 jurors rendered verdicts in favor of both obstetricians on all counts of the mother’s complaint. The jury returned its verdicts for the physicians after only two hours of deliberation.
Attorneys Barton and Carr credit the favorable verdicts to the caring, conscientious and highly competent approach of their clients to the mother’s prenatal care, as well as to firm’s retention of preeminent experts in the fields of obstetrics, placental pathology and maternal fetal medicine.
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Taylor Duane is one of New England’s leading civil litigation law firms with offices in Boston and Providence. Its experienced trial attorneys appear regularly in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Providence Business News has named the firm as one of Rhode Island’s Best Places to Work for three consecutive years (2008-2010).
