An appeals court has affirmed the verdict in a medical malpractice suit involving a Caesarean delivery that caused brain-damage to the baby, but has asked the opposing sides to reduce the $ 30 million award. Regina Harris of Cleveland was in labor in 1987, when she was forced to wait for two hours for an emergency Caesarean delivery. The resultant lack of oxygen caused her son to be born with brain damage. In May 2004, a jury in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court awarded Harris and her son $15 million in economic damages and an additional $15 million for pain and suffering. After the appeals court asked the opposing sides to reduce the damages awarded, the plaintiff’s attorney predicted that the total damages would not reduce substantially, while the lawyers representing the medical center and the pediatrician said a resolution would not be easy.
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