L.A. County OKs $7.5M Medical Malpractice Settlement
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $7.5 million payment to an 18-month-old boy born with a brain injury to settle a medical malpractice claim. The lawsuit alleged that the toddler's mother suffered a preventable ruptured uterus after being discharged from the county-operated Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center that deprived oxygen to the boy's brain during delivery.
- "L.A. County Settles $7.5M Medical Malpractice Suit" (AP/Sacramento Bee, 11/6).