In a case filed in Edgewater, Fla., a mother claimed that her child was born with cerebral palsy because the ambulance company failed to provide oxygen to the brain. Two physicians and two hospitals had previously settled with the mother as a result of the alleged malpractice. The jury in Florida returned a ten million ($ 10,000,000) verdict against the ambulance company. Of course in Maryland there would be a cap on non economic damages but there would be no cap on economic damages which would include the amount it would cost for future medical care for the child. Read more about cerebral palsy and medical malpractice here.
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