Forceps delivery results in birth injury, huge verdict

A jury in Milwaukee handed down a $23.3 million award for a brain-damaged baby and his mother in a medical malpractice case. The large verdict resulted from a 2005 case in which Kishia Lee had gone into prolonged labor and was experiencing other signs of trouble that should have signaled a need for a Cesarean delivery, according to a news account of the case. But instead, the doctor at a regional