Auger v. Children's Hospital

MOSS, J.,

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This medical malpractice action resulted from events surrounding a July 1, 1992, operation on 6-month-old Jeanie Auger to correct a congenital heart defect. During the operation, plaintiffs’ child hemorrhaged when the right atrial line that had been placed near her heart during surgery was discontinued. As a result of internal bleeding, she sustained hypoxic encephalopathy (brain injury).

The parties reached a settlement of $2,350,000 on August 19, 1997, subsequent to negotiations we conducted. Disbursement, however, awaited orphans’ court approval under…