Phuong Nguyen v. Tama

The opinion of the court was delivered by

VILLANUEVA, J.A.D. (retired and temporarily assigned on recall).

Defendant, Ronald Jaffee, M.D. (“Dr. Jaffee” or “defendant”), plaintiffs obstetrician, appeals from a medical malpractice verdict in. the amount of $1,162,100 plus prejudgment interest. We affirm.

Plaintiff became pregnant in early 1989. Plaintiff engaged the services of defendant’s medical group for her prenatal care. She visited defendant’s offices on April 10 and May 3, 1989, while she was in her second trimester of pregnancy. Plaintiff had additional prenatal visits on June 7, July 5,…