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Llaulin Cruz, |
Courtesy Sanocki, Newman & Turret LLP
Llaulin Cruz, 38, was wounded by obstetrician Michael Ihemaguba while he was delivering her daughter at St. Barnabas Hospital in 2009.
The woman was awarded $50 million after a jury found that a
doctor wounded her while delivering her daughter.
Llaulin Cruz, can never go too far from a bathroom and is forced to wear
underwear liner around the clock after the botched job from obstetrician at St.
Barnabas Hospital in 2009, the jury in Bronx Supreme Court found.
After a month-long trial, the jury awarded Cruz $40 million for future
pain and suffering, and $10 million for past suffering.
Cruz says that her life has not been the same since she suffered
lacerations during the delivery. According to her, during the procedure, the
doctor urged her to continue to push after the newborn’s head was already
delivered. He also performed a controlled cut called an episiotomy which Cruz’s suit says was unnecessary and caused
a massive wound that was never properly stitched up.
Making matters worse, Cruz was still unaware of her condition when she
became pregnant with her son a year later. She chose to go to a midwife, Gloria
Murray.
Murray, unaware of Cruz’s massive tissue tears, delivered her son
vaginally, exacerbating the existing condition, the jury found.
Cruz said she went back and forth from the hospital for surgeries trying
to correct the tear.
The jury found Ihemaguba 90% to blame, and the midwife Murray 10% at
fault.
Ihemaguba told the News that he
repaired the incision, and medical records show that Cruz never complained to
him or to the nurses about any issues.
According to the news, Ihemaguba said he has refused to settle the suit
because he did nothing wrong and never worried about the money.
He stated that he is still licensed to practice medicine but has not in a
couple of years because he is recovering from his own spinal surgery
Source: nydailynews.com
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