Laderer v. St. Rita's Medical Center, et al.

Medical malpractice - This case arose from complications associated with appellant's emergency cesarean operation performed by her obstetrician on November 16, 1991. The trial court directed the jury to find Dr. Clyde W. Conger, the anesthesiologist who improperly administered rapid-sequence induction and failed to maintain constant positive air pressure during appellant's intubation. Plaintiff had requested that an epidural anesthesia be administered to her so she could be awake during her baby's birth but no anesthesiologist capable of administering that type of anesthesia was available at the time. Due to the improper intubattion, plaintiff vomited and aspirated vomitus into her lungs and developed aspiration pneumonitis.

Plaintiff settled with Dr. Conger for an unknown sum and a jury returned a verdict in favor of St. Rita's Medical Center.

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Affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Third District, Allen County, Ohio. See: 702 N.E.2d 476 (Ohio App. 3 Dist. 1997). The date shown above is the date of the appellate court decision and not the trial date.