Packet highlights birth-injury litigation.

Learn new case strategies and review key documents from a birth-injury case with the Exchange's new litigation packet: "Fetal Distress Signs and Failure to Perform a Cesarean Section: Campbell v. Rush-Prudential HMO, Inc."

The packet profiles a case involving an infant who sustained complex birth injuries because the treating physician failed to perform a C-section.

In collaboration with the ATLA plaintiff attorney who successfully tried the case, the Exchange has compiled a "case snapshot," featuring key documents that focus on the lack of communication between the physician and hospital staff during childbirth. Documents also highlight the importance of electronic fetal monitoring and explore issues of life expectancy and damages for the injured infant. At trial, the jury awarded significant damages to the plaintiff.

Other packet materials will be invaluable to members handling complex birth-injury cases. They include the plaintiff attorney's case summary, complaint, opening statement, and closing argument; depositions from plaintiff and defense expert witnesses; verdict information; TRIAL articles and ATLA Education speaker papers; national guidelines pertaining to fetal distress, induction of labor, C-sections, and preeclampsia; secondary sources, such as Internet resources, a medical glossary of terms, and an abbreviated medical journa survey; and medical illustrations from Medical Legal Art: The Doe Report, an ATLA Extras company.

For more information, log on to the Exchange at www.exchange.atla.org and click on "Litigation Packets" or call [phone].