{"id":385,"date":"2011-02-09T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T21:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/02\/09\/chicago_advocate_hospital_sett_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T23:19:43","slug":"chicago_advocate_hospital_sett_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicago_advocate_hospital_sett_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Advocate Hospital Settles for $14 Million in Childbirth Death of Mother &#8211; Lawson v. Advocate Health Hospitals Corp., et al."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a woman who died during childbirth has settled an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1344040.html\">Illinois wrongful death case<\/a> for $14 million.  The medical malpractice case resulted not only in the mother&#8217;s death, but also involved a child born with brain damage at Chicago&#8217;s Advocate Trinity Hospital.  The settlement was reached in <em>Sidonia Lawson, etc. v. Advocate Health Hospitals Corp., Cannon Vernon, MD, Jamiere Y. Smith, MD,  et al., No. 09 L 12090.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2007, the 32 year-old decedent, Sabrina Lawson, went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatehealth.com\/trin\/\">Advocate Trinity Hospital<\/a> with labor contractions.   While there, the staff induced her with medications to try and speed along her delivery.  However, while receiving the labor medications, Lawson&#8217;s baby began to show signs of fetal distress.<\/p>\n<p>In such instances, the medical standard of care requires an emergency cesarean section; however, there was a delay of almost seven hours.  By the time the baby was born, he had suffered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337423.html\">brain damage<\/a> as a result of lack of oxygen and blood flow to his brain.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicago_advocate_hospital_sett_1\/#more-385\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a woman who died during childbirth has settled an Illinois wrongful death case for $14 million. The medical malpractice case resulted not only in the mother&#8217;s death, but also involved a child born with brain damage at Chicago&#8217;s Advocate Trinity Hospital. The settlement was reached in Sidonia Lawson, etc. v. 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