50 Million Dollar Verdict in Wrongful Birth Case

12-10-13   A King County Jury awarded 50 million dollars to a couple whose son was born with severe genetic defects, after the couple had been told by Valley Medical Center and a genetic counseling service their unborn child did not carry the gene which ran in their families. The boy will require a lifetime of 24 hour care. This is the largest verdict for damages to individuals in Washington state history.

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