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Later that evening, Alvarez returned and displayed ruptured

membranes and meconium-stained amniotic luid. Her doctor was Case: Alvarez v. Sherman
not present although nurses spoke with Chudrow twice in the early
morning as the baby’s heartrate was luctuating. The doctor eventu- Attorney: Philip A. Russotti

ally arrived at the hospital to examine Alvarez at 7:30 am on May Firm: Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, LLP
23 and Chudrow’s partner arrived and took over for Alvarez’s care.
Ordering an emergency C-section, the child experienced a dificult Verdict:
$10,000,000
delivery with a heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute, was
intubated and diagnosed with brain damage.

By Phil Albinus
“Alvarez was a failure to appreciate fetal distress displayed on
fetal heart monitor strips and a delay in performing a C-section,”
When an unborn child is in distress, timing is key. Unfortunately said Philip Russotti, the family’s attorney. “There was a doctor on

for Maria Alvarez, the young mother’s doctors ignored her child’s call in the night and when his partner came in and saw the strips,
fetal distress and now her son has a far different life than the one he immediately took the mother to the OR for the C-section but it
she envisioned.
was too late.” Alvarez, said Russotti, was seriously compromised.

On May 23, 2001, Alejandra Alvarez was born after a daisy chain “It’s heartbreaking to think that this could be avoided or the dam-
of missed communication and AWOL medical professionals. Prior age greatly decreased,” said Russotti, who added that the verdict of

to the delivery, Maria Alvarez presented to Orange Regional Medical $10 million can “help a family of an innocent child who did nothing
Center’s Arden Hill Campus in Goshen during her 38th week of gesta- to contribute to their catastrophic outcome.” With the verdict, the
tion. She thought she was in labor but following an examination, Dr. Alvarez family will “be able to care for the child and get services

Sterling Chudow put her on a fetal monitor for roughly 20 minutes above and beyond what is provided today in the Neurologically
and discharged her without further testing. Alvarez returned the Impaired Infants fund and Medicaid and provide as much therapy
next day believing she was in labor but after nearly three hours, she and services as the family wants to get help the child achieve what

was discharged once again.
the child can achieve.”

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28 November 2014