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HARRISON v. U.S.

No. CIV.A.99-10407-WGY.

233 F.Supp.2d 128 (2002)

Melvin D. HARRISON, Jr.; PPA Kenyeda Taft, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Thompson, Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff.

Mary Elizabeth Carmody, United States Attorney's Office, Worcester, MA, Emily H. Fournier, Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C., J. Yasmin Tayyab, Michael F. Conway, Anderson, Adler, Cohen & Harvey, Boston, MA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

Kenyeda Taft ("Taft") brought suit on behalf of her minor son, Melvin Harrison ("Harrison"). The complaint alleged that Dr. Louis Laz ("Laz"),1 the attending obstetrician, failed to meet the requisite standard of care in delivering Harrison, and failed to obtain the informed consent of Taft to deliver Harrison vaginally, rather than through a Cesarian section ("C-section"). As a...

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