The award includes $29 million to January Threat for the catastrophic brain damage she suffered during her October 2017 birth and $1 million for injuries that forced her mother, Eulanda Katriece Threat, to undergo an emergency hysterectomy…blog.cvn.com, $30M Verdict Hits GA Hospital & Doctor in Birth Injury, Med-Mal Trial, Arlin Crisco, July 2022
The Gwinnett County State Court jury apportioned 20% of responsibility to Dr. Kendra Gamble-Webb and 80% to Monroe HMA LLC, for the acts of one of its nurses, Gina Sasso.
The Threats claim Sasso and Gamble-Webb failed to properly monitor and treat birth-related complications that caused January Threat’s oxygen deprivation. The birth-related injury has left her unable to speak and in need of a feeding tube to eat, among a host of neurological issues.