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Story Published: Oct 9, 2008 at 11:12 PM PDT Story Updated: Oct 9, 2008 at 11:38 PM PDT KING COUNTY, Wash. -- A jury verdict on Thursday awarded $4.25 million to the family of a girl who was born with severe brain damage following a traumatic delivery at Evergreen Hospital in 2003. Miriam Tavares, now 5, suffers from brain damage and cerebral palsy. Her mother, Charla Tavares, said while lying in the hospital, waiting to give birth, she felt her daughter's heartbeat drop. Charla's husband rushed to alert a nurse but according to Charla, that's when real trouble began. "She (the doctor) had gone home for dinner and we had to wait for her to come back," Charla said."There was no other doctor. There was no other doctor on call." Meantime, Miriam was deprived of oxygen for 20 minutes. A doctor finally arrived and performed an... [read full story]
