CT Family Awarded $37.6M In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit: Report

BRISTOL, CT — A Superior Court judge awarded a Bristol family $37.6 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the state in connection with an insemination procedure at the UConn Health Center that led to the death of one child and a lifetime of medical needs for her twin, according to the Hartford Courant.

The Courant reports Jean-Marie Monroe-Lynch and Aaron Lynch filed a lawsuit that claimed Monroe-Lynch was inseminated with sperm from a donor who carried CMV, a virus that can cause severe birth defects or fetal death if contracted during pregnancy.

One child died in utero in January 2015 and her twin brother sustained a brain injury that requires lifetime medical attention, according to the Courant.

The state-run UConn Health Center plans to appeal the award, which was the second-largest monetary award in Connecticut that stemmed from medical malpractice, according to the Connecticut Law Tribune. The largest was for $58.6 million in a 2011 medical malpractice case against a doctor, the Law Tribune reported.

Read more at the Hartford Courant here and the Connecticut Law Tribune here.