{"id":5813,"date":"2023-08-30T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2023-08-29T07:05:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:05:37","slug":"4-million-settlement-in-mishandled-birth-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/4-million-settlement-in-mishandled-birth-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"$4 Million Settlement in Mishandled Birth Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brittani Clavet was admitted to the University of Connecticut\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/plan-your-visit\/locations-and-directions\/uconn-john-dempsey-hospital\">John Dempsey Hospital<\/a> at 35 weeks gestation. The treating obstetrician, Dr. David Park, allegedly attempted a manual rotation of the baby\u2019s head while observing that she was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/ency\/patientinstructions\/000621.htm#:~:text=Occiput%20Posterior%20(OP)&#038;text=In%20occiput%20posterior%20position%2C%20your,to%20get%20through%20the%20pelvis.\">occiput posterior position<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>An occiput posterior position is when the baby\u2019s head is down, but it is facing the mother\u2019s front instead of her back. It is known to be safe to deliver a baby facing this way, but it is harder for the baby to get through the mother\u2019s pelvis. <\/p>\n<p>A resident physician attempted a second manual rotation, after which the fetal monitor began to show frequent deep deceleration and tachycardia. Dr. Park allegedly ordered a stat cesarean section.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/4-million-settlement-in-mishandled-birth-delivery\/#more-5813\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brittani Clavet was admitted to the University of Connecticut\u2019s John Dempsey Hospital at 35 weeks gestation. The treating obstetrician, Dr. David Park, allegedly attempted a manual rotation of the baby\u2019s head while observing that she was in the occiput posterior position. An occiput posterior position is when the baby\u2019s head is down, but it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,85,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","category-labor-delivery-negligence","category-obstetrician-errors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$4 Million Settlement in Mishandled Birth Delivery &#8212; Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brittani Clavet was admitted to the University of Connecticut\u2019s John Dempsey Hospital at 35 weeks gestation. 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