A $4.1 million settlement of a medical malpractice lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn State Supreme Court against several doctors who failed to properly perform an abortion of Karen Sheppard, 38, was reached.
Karen Sheppard, 38, got $300,000 and her son, Jo’Ell Sheppard-Mobley, 6, received $3.8 million to settle charges that the doctors committed medical malpractice by mishandling the procedure, a misstep that led to Jo’Ell being born with physical and mental impairments, said Sheppard’s attorney, Bruce Cohen of Rockville Centre.
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December 23rd, 2006 at 11:32 pm
ITS TIME FOR THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYERS TO STOP GETTING
PORTRAYED AS VILLIANS? OR MONEY HUNGRY PROFESSIONALS WITH NO
LIMITS. I KNOW THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR THE HELPLESS MY SISTER IN LAW DESERVED THE DESCION OF THE SYSTEM?
IT SHOWS THAT LAWYERS WITH SKILLED KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW ARE
ADVOCATES OF THE RULE OF LAW AND THE BLIND EYES OF JUSTICE.
MONEY CAN NEVER RESTORE THE MENTAL ANGUISH A PARENT OR LOVE ONE MUST GO THROUGH WHEN DEALING WITH MEDICAL SITUATION THAT LEAVES A LOVE ONE HURT INJURED OR DAMAGED ONLY THROUGH THE EYES OF GOD CAN FAITH AND HEALING BE PUT IN PLACE AND REMEMBER
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OWES A DUTY TO THE PUBLIC TO INSURE THAT BOTCHED SURGERY IN ANY FORM IS A VIOLATION OF ITS DUTY TO THE PUBLIC.