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A federal district court judge in Harrisburg<\/a>, Penn., has entered a judgment for $42 million to the parents of a Pennsylvania boy left disabled because of brain injuries. In the federal lawsuit, it was\u00a0alleged that the brain injury was caused by a doctor who used forceps during the delivery process of the child.<\/p>\n

The judgment came\u00a0after a six-day trial in September on claims by a Chambersburg, Penn., couple, Christiana Late and Nathan Armolt. Their 5-year-old son, identified only as D.A. in court documents, understands language but cannot speak, read or write.\u00a0 He will eventually have to use a motorized wheelchair in order to move about.<\/p>\n

The family sued the federal government for errors allegedly made by an obstetrician for Keystone Women\u2019s Health Center<\/a>, a federally supported facility. Dr. Thomas Orndorf, who was not sued, delivered the child Feb. 21, 2012, at Chambersburg Hospital<\/a>. Under the law, when a federally financed clinic has been alleged to be negligent causing injury to a patient, the remedy is a claim against the United States under the Federal Torts Claim Act<\/a>.
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A federal district court judge in Harrisburg, Penn., has entered a judgment for $42 million to the parents of a Pennsylvania boy left disabled because of brain injuries. In the federal lawsuit, it was\u00a0alleged that the brain injury was caused by a doctor who used forceps during the delivery process of the child. 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