Heintz v. Akbar

Defendants, J. U. Akbar, M.D., and Pigeon Clinic, P.C., appeal as of right from a jury award of $85,000 to plaintiffs, Mary Margaret Heintz and Michael Heintz. For ease of discussion, we will refer only to plaintiff Mary Margaret Heintz and to defendant Dr. Akbar.

Plaintiff alleged that Dr. Akbar, an employee of the Pigeon Clinic, committed medical malpractice in performing a midline episiotomy on her during the delivery of her first child. A midline episio-tomy is a surgical procedure in which an angular cut is made between the vaginal opening and the rectal opening to facilitate childbirth.…