Court orders new trial in fetal malpractice case

A state appeals court in Wisconsin has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging a Milwaukee doctor didn’t take the steps necessary to protect a baby from brain damage.

Raquel Barney’s son, London, suffered a brain injury due to oxygen depletion during birth at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital. In 2015, she filed a lawsuit alleging Dr. Julie Mickelson failed to determine whether a heartbeat monitor placed on Barney’s abdomen was accurately measuring London’s heartbeat.

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