{"id":2087,"date":"2015-06-02T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2015-06-02T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T19:43:44","slug":"jury-enters-10-93-million-verdict-for-doctors-failure-to-take-adequate-history-of-pregnant-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury-enters-10-93-million-verdict-for-doctors-failure-to-take-adequate-history-of-pregnant-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Enters $10.93 Million Verdict for Doctor\u2019s Failure to Take Adequate History of Pregnant Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J.B. was 35 years old and in her 26th week of her third pregnancy when she developed a severe headache and abdominal cramping. J.B. called her treating obstetrician\u2019s office and later spoke to an on-call physician. That doctor diagnosed a gastrointestinal issue and told J.B. that there was no need for her to go to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>About 14 hours later, J.B. suffered a stroke. She now suffers from cognitive impairment and paralysis in her right arm, leg and foot. She had been a factory worker earning about $37,000 a year, but now is unable to work at all.<\/p>\n<p>J.B. and her husband sued the obstetrician and her practice, alleging that she chose not to take a full and appropriate history, which would have revealed that J.B.\u2019s abdominal pain was located exclusively in her upper right quadrant, indicative of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/preeclampsia\/basics\/definition\/con-20031644\">preeclampsia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury-enters-10-93-million-verdict-for-doctors-failure-to-take-adequate-history-of-pregnant-patient\/#more-2087\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.B. was 35 years old and in her 26th week of her third pregnancy when she developed a severe headache and abdominal cramping. J.B. called her treating obstetrician\u2019s office and later spoke to an on-call physician. 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