Articles - Medical Malpractice

Malpractice award sets record for state :: (11 18, 2005)

THE WICHITA EAGLE
Wednesday, June 16, 1993
Section: CITY AND STATE
Edition: CITY
Page: 3D
Memo: KANSAS IN BRIEF MALPRACTICE AWARD SETS RECORD FOR STATE
Compiled from Eagle news services and staff reports

A Sedgwick County District judge has formally approved the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history. 

The $6 million award formalized Monday was won by the parents of a 10- year-old girl who suffered brain damage just before her birth.

During a six-week trial before Judge Karl Friedel, witnesses testified that Carl Christman, a Wichita obstetrician, was negligent. They said he ignored the warning signs on a fetal heart monitor that showed the baby being carried by Angela Hoyt was in distress.

Christman didn't appeal the jury verdict. With interest accumulated during its 10-year payout period, the award is expected to amount to more than $8 million.

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