A federal judge refused to seal a settlement agreement in a medical malpractice case brought against the U.S. government, an Augusta hospital and a doctor stemming from injuries a newborn suffered at birth.

The plaintiffs—a U.S. Army soldier and her son—asked Chief Judge J. Randal Hall of the U.S. District Court for Georgia’s Southern District to seal the settlement and attorney compensation details, arguing they had an “inherent expectation of privacy with regard to the terms and conditions of settlements reached between private parties to civil lawsuits.”