A Utah judge awarded a Wyoming family the highest medical malpractice payout in state history. In August, the judge ruled a West Valley City hospital was negligent in caring for a pregnant woman and her baby back in 2019 and awarded the family $951 million. The nurses at the hospital administered high doses of Pitocin, which induces labor, and ignored signs the baby was losing oxygen.
Anyssa Zancanella was on vacation in Utah when she went into labor at 39 weeks pregnant. Zancanella was advised not to travel home and instead deliver her baby nearby.
Zancanella, who was 19 when she was pregnant with her daughter, went to the West Valley location of Jordan Valley Medical Center where a group of new nurses were left to care for her. The physician on duty was taking a nap in a nearby room…