Hill v West Lancashire Health Authority

(1997) 8 Med LR 196

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice HOOPER

Professional liability — Gynaecology — Cerebral palsy — Cesarian section — Passage of meconium indicating fetal distress — Persistent fetal circulation — Whether failure to perform cesarian earlier was negligent — Whether plaintiff had established that he suffered cerebral damage caused by hypoxia in hour before his birth and that cerebral damage was cause or material cause of his cerebral palsy — Effect of Apgar scores and development of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in neonatal period