Sonlin v. Abington Memorial Hospital

MONTEMURO, J.:

¶ 1 The parties to this medical malpractice action have cross-appealed from a judgment for $2,498,889 in favor of Appellants, plaintiffs below.

¶ 2 On May 29, 1998, Appellant Ashley Sonlin was born &h weeks prematurely in Appellee hospital. Following the placement of an umbilical catheter to monitor blood oxygen levels,1 the child developed a thrombosis in her left leg, and after three days was transferred to Children’s Hospital. Appellees’ failure to diagnose the vascular compromise caused by the clot resulted in dry gangrene requiring amputation of the infant’s left leg some…