Premature Birth Lawsuit Settled for $5.3 Million

Created: 13 April 2012
The New York Presbyterian Hospital has agreed to settle a $5.3 million lawsuit with a local family over the premature birth of a child with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. The lawsuit claimed nurses and doctors did not take enough steps “to prevent premature birth” during the woman’s several visits before the child was born. Reuters  04/13/2012