Warren attorney hopes decision concludes malpractice suit for disabled child, parents

WARREN

Atty. Martin F. White hopes an Ohio Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday in a Trumbull County medical malpratice case means the years-long litigation related to a $13.9 million common pleas court judgment for his client is over.

“It’s been a long time and a lot of work, and we hope it’s finally over,” White said.

The Supreme Court said it would not reconsider its decision from Dec. 30, 2015, in which it said it would not hear an appeal of a decision by the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals. That court upheld a Trumbull County jury’s 2010 decision to award $13.9 million to Haley Cobb of Leavittsburg and her parents.

The girl, then 10, was awarded $12.1 million, and her parents, Okey Jr. and Debra Cobb, were awarded $1.8 million after the jury found fault on the part of Dr. Tara Shipman when she delivered Haley in 2000 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

Haley has cerebral palsy as a result of too little oxygen getting to her brain around the time of her delivery, according to testimony during the trial.

Read more about the case in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.