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Florida Lawmakers Send Lifeline to Families With Brain-Damaged Children
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Florida lawmakers send lifeline to families with brain-damaged children
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Ashley Lamendola was still a teen when medical staff at St. Petersburg General Hospital delivered the awful news that would change her life forever: Her newborn son, Hunter, had suffered profound brain damage and would do little more than breathe without help.
“It was like an atomic bomb went off in my life,” she said.
Lamendola believed the hospital was partly responsible for Hunter’s birth injuries. But Florida is one of two states that shield doctors and hospitals from most legal actions arising from births that go catastrophically wrong. Lamendola filed a lawsuit against St. Petersburg General anyway, and when it appeared she was gaining traction, the hospital advanced an extraordinary argument.
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Malpractice Defense: Profiteering Parents
One tactic a hospital may use to get off the hook for obstetrical malpractice: accuse the mother of trying to profit off her child.
That was what St. Petersburg General tried to do to Ashley Lamendola, whose son Hunter was born with brain damage, according to the
Florida is one of two states that protect doctors and hospitals against legal actions after births go wrong, through a program called the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), which provides $100,000 upfront and covers medically necessary care throughout the child s life. By enrolling, parents give up their right to sue.