A potential $50 million medical malpractice trial opened Tuesday in Cobb County with attorneys describing for the jury a battle of expert witnesses who will debate if a baby born with severe brain damage could have escaped that fate had he been delivered sooner by cesarean section.
It is the second time the parties have laid out this case before Judge Kathryn Tanksley of Cobb County State Court. A 2011 effort ended in a mistrial, with jurors reportedly favoring the defendant hospital and hung on the defendant obstetrician. In that trial, the plaintiffs’ counsel asked the jury for at least $50 million to cover the cost of a lifetime of care for the child.
