A North Carolina jury awarded a 6-year-old and his mother a record verdict of $18.2 million after it found that a doctor’s negligence during the boy’s birth had resulted in permanent nerve damage, disfigurement and a lifelong disability.
The jury’s award, which included $2.2 million in compensatory damages and $16 million in non-economic damages, is likely to be sharply reduced by the presiding judge, in line with state law that caps some medical malpractice awards.
Naqah Lake, now 6, and his mother Laurel Browne, 41, alleged that WakeMed, a private, nonprofit health care system based in Raleigh, and several of its medical staff failed to properly treat Browne during her high-risk pregnancy and complicated delivery on Sept. 17, 2019.
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