COMPLAINT - American Association for Justice

. Failing to appreciate lack of progress during the labor;
c. Failing to appreciate the significance of signs of fetal distress
occurring during the labor;
d. Failing to perform a cesarean section in a timely manner;
e. Administering and increasing the infusion of Pitocin in the face of
fetal distress;
f. Deciding to perform a vacuum extraction when a cesarean section
was indicated earlier;
g. Performing the vacuum extraction on a baby that was too high;
h. Performing a vacuum extraction for too long a period of time in a
traumatic manner; and
i. Performing a fourth degree episiotomy and injuring Marissa
Creager’s rectum.
32. Defendant St. Thomas Hospital through its agents, servants and/or
employees, was negligent and/or deviated from recognized standards of acceptable
professional practice, such negligence and/or deviations consisting of, inter alia,
a. Failing to appreciate increasing signs of fetal distress;
b. Failing to inform defendant Oldfield of increasing signs of fetal
distress;
c. Increasing the infusion of Pitocin in the face of fetal distress.
33. As a direct and proximate result of the wrongful actions of the defendants,
Simon Creager was subjected to severe perinatal asphyxia and trauma and sustained
severe and permanent brain damage.
34. Simon Creager suffers from great pain of mind and body, large past and
future medical expenses, loss of earning capacity, and loss of enjoyment of life, all to his
detriment.
35. As a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the defendants,
Marissa Creager suffered substantial physical injuries to her perineum and rectum. In
addition, she suffers from significant emotional distress as a result of the traumatic labor
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