The Plaintiffs alleged that during the wife’s Cesarean section surgery, the hospital’s employees failed to properly inspect and repair her left uterine artery, which was cut or transected, and this failure allowed that artery to bleed into the wife’s abdomen, causing hypovolemic shock…medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $8M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital, Feb 2025
The Plaintiffs further claimed the hospital’s employees failed to timely move the wife to the operating room while her status was deteriorating, which caused her to go into cardiac arrest and required the emergency removal of her uterus.
The Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found: (1) Dr. Jiang’s conduct fell below the applicable standard of care; and (2) her negligence was the factual cause of harm to the Plaintiffs. The jury awarded $5,500,000 to the wife for pain and suffering, and $2,500,000 to the husband for loss of consortium. The hospital appealed.
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in its non-precedential decision dated December 6, 2024, “affirm[ed] the
judgment entered in favor of the Plaintiffs and against Hospital.