A Superior Court jury has awarded a Bridgeport woman $4.25 million because of permanent spinal cord injuries suffered in 2009 when, according to the plaintiff’s lawyers, an anesthesiologist “negligently utilized an anesthesia needle” when attempting to give an epidural during childbirth.
Erika Andrade now has chronic pain and permanent leg damage, and a host of other related injuries, injuries that at some point could result in paralysis. according to her attorneys. She also says she has depression and trouble getting comfortable with sleeping.
