Murphy v Wirral Health Authority
(1996) 7 Med LR 99
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
and Mr Justice KAY
Professional negligence — Midwife — Vaginal examination — Baby brain damaged due to abruption of placenta — Whether midwife was negligent in failing to summon doctor in reliance on foetal heart rate trace — Whether failure to carry out vaginal examination for 3 hours 10 minutes was negligence causative of baby's brain damage