{"id":2648,"date":"2020-01-22T14:18:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:18:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:18:23","slug":"new-york-court-reverses-order-granting-summary-judgment-to-ob-gyn-in-case-involving-death-of-mother-attempting-vbac-home-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-reverses-order-granting-summary-judgment-to-ob-gyn-in-case-involving-death-of-mother-attempting-vbac-home-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Reverses Order Granting Summary Judgment to OB-GYN in Case Involving Death of Mother Attempting VBAC Home Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all doctors are held to the same standard of care. For example, it would probably be difficult to hold a podiatrist liable for failing to diagnose an abscessed tooth in a Syracuse medical malpractice case, even if the podiatrist was the only medical professional that the patient had seen recently. Rather, care and treatment by doctors who specialize in a particular field is measured according to others in that field. Would a reasonable podiatrist have diagnosed a problem tooth under the circumstances? Probably not (although he or she might have recommended follow-up with a dentist). In contrast, a podiatrist&#8217;s failure to recognize and treat a life-threatening infection in a foot wound might result in a finding of liability for negligence, as well as substantial damages at trial.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, certain knowledge and skill is expected of doctors who specialize in the care and treatment of expectant and laboring mothers. When this duty of care is breached, a family injured by this act of malpractice should have their day in court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-second-department\/2020\/2017-03507.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a> originally filed in the Supreme Court for Putnam County, the plaintiff was a man who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking compensation for the death of a woman who died from a uterine rupture and hemorrhage during a home birth assisted by a certified nurse midwife. According to the plaintiff, the decedent had previously given birth via cesarean section but was, at the time of her death, attempting to deliver a child vaginally. The plaintiff further alleged that the decedent&#8217;s uterus had ruptured during the attempted vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) and that she had suffered a fatal hemorrhage as a result. Several different medical providers were named in the plaintiff&#8217;s lawsuit, including an obstetrician\/gynecologist (OB-GYN) and his medical practice.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-reverses-order-granting-summary-judgment-to-ob-gyn-in-case-involving-death-of-mother-attempting-vbac-home-birth\/#more-2648\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all doctors are held to the same standard of care. For example, it would probably be difficult to hold a podiatrist liable for failing to diagnose an abscessed tooth in a Syracuse medical malpractice case, even if the podiatrist was the only medical professional that the patient had seen recently. Rather, care and treatment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injuries","category-medical-malpractice","category-specialist-negligence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Court Reverses Order Granting Summary Judgment to OB-GYN in Case Involving Death of Mother Attempting VBAC Home Birth &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; January 22, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not all doctors are held to the same standard of care. 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