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New York Post
Alex Ginsberg
Sept 19, 2006
A Long Island woman who gave birth to a developmentally disabled boy after doctors allegedly botched her abortion inked a groundbreaking $4.2 million settlement yesterday.
The agreement in Brooklyn Supreme Court is the first ever in the state to include damages solely for the mental suffering of a mother who wasn’t physically harmed.
“The money can never compensate for all the anguish that happened, but at least it shows . . . I was given the wrong advice,” said the mother, Karen Sheppard, 38 . . .
nypost.com/news/regionalnews/landmark_abort_suit_is_settled_regionalnews_alex_ginsberg.htm
Alex Ginsberg
Sept 19, 2006
A Long Island woman who gave birth to a developmentally disabled boy after doctors allegedly botched her abortion inked a groundbreaking $4.2 million settlement yesterday.
The agreement in Brooklyn Supreme Court is the first ever in the state to include damages solely for the mental suffering of a mother who wasn’t physically harmed.
“The money can never compensate for all the anguish that happened, but at least it shows . . . I was given the wrong advice,” said the mother, Karen Sheppard, 38 . . .
nypost.com/news/regionalnews/landmark_abort_suit_is_settled_regionalnews_alex_ginsberg.htm
