Doe ex rel. Parker v. Washington Hospital Center Corp., Civil Case No. 2009 CA 005669 M (D.C. Super. Ct. Mar. 22, 2011). Defense verdict for hospital in medical malpractice lawsuit.
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell successfully defended a Washington, D.C. hospital in a three-week medical malpractice trial in Washington, D.C. The plaintiffs in the case, a minor with cerebral palsy and his parents, alleged that the doctor provided the child with less than the standard of care, which led to a brain hemorrhage that in turn caused the child's cerebral palsy. WTO established that the child's condition was attributed to his 14-week premature birth. The jury delivered a full defense verdict, after only an hour of deliberation, in favor of the hospital.