Carchidi v. Iavicoli, A-4986-08T3; Appellate Division; opinion by Lisa, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication March 24, 2010. Before Judges Lisa, Baxter and Coburn. On appeal from the Law Division, Camden County, L-8005-06. DDS No. 19-2-7253 [21 pp.]
Plaintiff was born prematurely and suffers from serious and complex neurological conditions. Plaintiff contends that these conditions were caused by the negligence of doctors at defendant Cooper Health Systems. Plaintiff contends that appropriate care would have prevented him from sustaining an intraventricular hemorrhage, resulting in brain damage. Defendants deny any negligence. They also deny that plaintiff suffered an intraventricular hemorrhage. They contend the cause of plaintiff’s brain damage was a left middle cerebral artery infarction, which was brought on by an infection in the mother and her premature rupture of membranes precipitating premature delivery, all of which could not have been avoided.
