$36 Million Verdict in Connecticut

Posted on November 30, 2005 by David Austin

WATERBURY, Conn. -- A jury has delivered the largest malpractice victory in Connecticut history.

Six jurors in Waterbury are giving more than $36 million to the family of a 6-year-old boy who suffered brain damage, blindness and cerebral palsy from injuries during his delivery by a surrogate mother.

The jury award is against Hartford Hospital and a Hartford-area obstetrician. It surpasses the $27 million awarded in 1999 against Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University.

Thomas and Sheila Cowles, now divorced, brought the case on behalf of their son, Nicholas, born on Feb. 10, 1999.

Source: NBC 30

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