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This was a birth injury case in which the jurors were asked to award up to $7.5 million for a life care plan for the baby girl, Jill Todd, as well as $1.4 million in lost wages and an unspecified amount of damages for pain and suffering. The issue in this case was whether the University of Iowa\u2019s Health Center physicians and staff provided proper care to Jill Todd in November 2010. \u00a0After two days of deliberation, the jury returned a 9-1 verdict finding that the University of Iowa Health Center<\/a> was negligent but that negligence wasn\u2019t \u201ca cause of damage\u201d to the child. This was an odd verdict or at least one that most would consider inconsistent.<\/p>\n

Investigators confirmed that they were looking into an unusual claim of jury tampering in this medical malpractice, birth injury case involving the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. As a result of the jury\u2019s unusual verdict, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics paid nothing for the injured child.<\/p>\n

After a 3-week trial, the jury found that the hospital was negligent in caring for a mother who suffered complications before giving birth in 2010. But the jurors found that negligence was not a cause of damage to the child. The baby suffered brain damage and is severely disabled. The jury awarded no compensation to the family.<\/p>\n

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This was a birth injury case in which the jurors were asked to award up to $7.5 million for a life care plan for the baby girl, Jill Todd, as well as $1.4 million in lost wages and an unspecified amount of damages for pain and suffering. 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