Jury Awards Family $55M in Medical Malpractice Suit Against Hopkins

BALTIMORE -
A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury has awarded the family of a severely brain damaged 2-year-old boy $55 million in a lawsuit that alleged Johns Hopkins Hospital violated its standards by waiting too long to give the boy's mother an emergency caesarean section.

The verdict, announced Monday, settles a lawsuit filed in February 2011 by Rebecca Fielding and Enso Martinez. The couple filed the lawsuit after their son was born in March 2010 with severe disabilities.

Enzo is just a little more than 2 years old, but because of his disabilities, his mother says, it's like caring for a 4-month-old.

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