Father sues Legacy Health for $21.5M on behalf of brain-damaged daughter

A father has filed a $21.5 million malpractice lawsuit on behalf of his daughter, alleging she suffered brain damage as a newborn because Legacy Health delayed diagnosing and treating her respiratory failure. Justin Barnett filed says in a complaint filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court that his daughter was born premarturely at Legacy Emanuel Hospital on Oct. 14, 2013. The baby’s mother tested positive for Group B Streptococcus, placing the baby at risk of infection. She was hospitalized in…
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