The plaintiff suffered a cardiac arrest and profound brain damage following a Caesarean section delivery.
She brought a medical malpractice action against the obstetrical and anaesthesiology teams.
The court found that the obstetrical team met the standard of care.
While the staff anaesthesiologist breached the standard of care in three respects, the court concluded that these breaches did not cause the plaintiff's injuries.
The court accepted expert evidence that the cardiac arrest was caused by an unpredictable and unpreventable amniotic fluid embolism, rather than hemorrhagic shock.
The court also ruled that the claim against the anaesthesiologists was not statute-barred due to the discoverability doctrine.
The action was dismissed.
