MacDonald v. Women's Healthcare

Summary

Jury trial in medical malpractice suit originally filed in 2000. This is the third trial in this litigation, after a mistrial in 2011 and a defense verdict later that year, which was subsequently thrown out by the Fourth District Court of Appeals.

Plaintiff Melissa MacDonald claims doctors used a vacuum device while she gave birth without her giving the required consent. MacDonald alleges that the vacuum device caused injuries to her infant's brain, resulting in the child developing cerebral palsy, which her suit claims will require a lifetime of costly medical care.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: MacDonald, Melissa
Defense: Women's Healthcare Associates, PA

Judge: David Crow
Jurisdiction: 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Palm Beach County Courthouse

Case Number: 2000CA008025
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice

Plaintiff

MacDonald, Melissa

Defense

Women's Healthcare Associates, PA

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Gibbons, Laurie R.N.	In Person
00:44:17	General Case Activities
00:49:26	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
00:37:14	Break
00:39:27	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
01:34:54	Break
01:45:08	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
02:06:34	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
02:20:17	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
01:02:33	Break
01:22:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
01:27:43	General Case Activities		Mastrantonio, John M.D.	In Person
01:38:03	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Melissa	In Person
02:27:52	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	MacDonald, Melissa	In Person
02:34:07	Break
02:42:50	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	MacDonald, Melissa	In Person
03:04:03	Break
03:07:26	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	MacDonald, Melissa	In Person
03:48:55	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Melissa	In Person
00:17:38	Break
00:29:29	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Ritter, Dr. David	In Person
01:08:19	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Ritter, Dr. David	In Person
01:50:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Ritter, Dr. David	In Person
01:53:40	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:26	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Steinberg, Dr. Fred M.D.	In Person
00:37:10	Witness Cross Examination	Kellner, Reed	Steinberg, Dr. Fred M.D.	In Person
00:43:44	General Case Activities
00:44:09	Break
01:08:52	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Cohen, Dr. Lucy M.D.	In Person
02:21:08	Witness Cross Examination	Moores, John "Brad"	Cohen, Dr. Lucy M.D.	In Person
02:25:45	General Case Activities		Cohen, Dr. Lucy M.D.	In Person
02:33:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Cohen, Dr. Lucy M.D.	In Person
02:37:37	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Leber, Sandra	In Person
00:22:44	Break
00:26:49	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Leber, Sandra	In Person
00:44:40	Break
00:48:54	General Case Activities
00:49:35	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Leber, Sandra	In Person
00:54:52	Witness Cross Examination	Kellner, Reed	Leber, Sandra	In Person
01:00:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Leber, Sandra	In Person
01:03:52	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Cohn, Dr. Mortin M.D.	Transcript Reading
01:35:07	Break
01:55:30	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Rodriguez, Alvaro	In Person
02:10:30	Witness Cross Examination	Kellner, Reed	Rodriguez, Alvaro	In Person
02:11:47	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Mr. Robert	In Person
03:20:01	General Case Activities
03:20:59	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:22	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
00:12:23	General Case Activities		MacDonald, Jordan	In Person
00:16:23	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
01:15:43	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
01:02:52	Break
01:12:06	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
01:18:24	Break
01:27:26	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
01:46:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
01:57:53	General Case Activities		Cullen, Dr. Robert Jr., M.D.	In Person
02:01:48	General Case Activities
02:03:24	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Forman, Dr. Lawrence	In Person
02:37:53	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:18	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Forman, Dr. Lawrence	In Person
00:40:10	Witness Cross Examination	Moores, John "Brad"	Forman, Dr. Lawrence	In Person
01:04:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Forman, Dr. Lawrence	In Person
01:07:07	Break
01:17:29	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
01:52:21	Witness Cross Examination	Moores, John "Brad"	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
01:59:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
02:00:09	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Mr. Robert	In Person
02:12:46	Witness Cross Examination	Kellner, Reed	MacDonald, Mr. Robert	In Person
02:20:35	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kellner, Reed	MacDonald, Mr. Robert	In Person
00:26:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Mr. Robert	In Person
00:29:27	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Breslofsky, Mayra	In Person
00:48:28	Break
00:51:41	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Breslofsky, Mayra	In Person
00:55:44	Witness Cross Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Breslofsky, Mayra	In Person
01:13:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Breslofsky, Mayra	In Person
01:15:14	General Case Activities		Breslofsky, Mayra	In Person
01:16:41	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Breslofsky, Mr. Ronald	In Person
01:29:50	Break
01:51:22	General Case Activities
01:53:57	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Melissa	In Person
02:34:52	General Case Activities
02:41:09	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:32	Witness Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	MacDonald, Melissa	Video Recording
00:24:45	Witness Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	MacDonald, Melissa	Transcript Reading
00:27:04	Witness Cross Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	MacDonald, Melissa	Video Recording
00:50:30	Witness Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	MacDonald, Mr. Robert	Video Recording
01:14:06	General Case Activities
01:14:59	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
00:05:54	Break
00:09:55	Witness Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
00:29:14	Break
00:40:25	Witness Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
00:41:30	General Case Activities
00:41:54	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
01:03:42	Break
01:28:46	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:19:59	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
00:05:53	Break
00:13:54	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
00:52:42	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
01:36:16	Break
01:54:25	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:14:03	Break
02:16:59	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:18:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:22:00	Break
02:29:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:36:26	General Case Activities		Siegler, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:41:18	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
03:26:40	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
00:27:43	Break
00:58:37	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
01:09:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
01:25:27	Break
01:48:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
02:15:36	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Polin, Richard	In Person
01:26:25	Break
01:39:58	Witness Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Polin, Richard	In Person
02:02:07	Break
02:09:51	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Polin, Richard	In Person
02:57:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Polin, Richard	In Person
03:12:11	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Polin, Richard	In Person
03:14:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Polin, Richard	In Person
03:15:46	General Case Activities		Polin, Richard	In Person
03:21:34	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
00:06:51	Break
00:09:53	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
00:26:20	Break
00:35:33	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
01:47:43	Break
02:05:19	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
02:27:31	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
03:10:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
03:20:05	General Case Activities		Salkind, Dr. Glenn M.D.	In Person
03:26:04	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Tano, Dr. Albert M.D.	In Person
00:25:51	Break
00:33:15	Witness Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Nelson, Dr. Marvin M.D.	In Person
01:22:54	Break
01:37:39	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Nelson, Dr. Marvin M.D.	In Person
02:07:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jewett, Henry (Skip)	Nelson, Dr. Marvin M.D.	In Person
02:13:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Nelson, Dr. Marvin M.D.	In Person
02:17:11	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:52	Witness Direct Examination	Kellner, Reed	Baquero, Dr. Jaime M.D.	Transcript Reading
00:31:49	Witness Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Rudolph, Dr. Jane	In Person
01:03:44	Break
01:16:24	Witness Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Rudolph, Dr. Jane	In Person
01:33:47	Break
01:49:23	Witness Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Rudolph, Dr. Jane	In Person
01:49:50	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Rudolph, Dr. Jane	In Person
02:10:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Rudolph, Dr. Jane	In Person
02:15:38	General Case Activities
02:21:34	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

OCT

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MacDonald v. Women's Healthcare

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:58	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
00:34:29	Break
00:39:44	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
00:56:17	Break
01:08:05	General Case Activities
01:08:33	Witness Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
01:18:43	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
01:39:20	Break
01:49:33	Witness Cross Examination	Hurt, Jennings "Bucky"	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
02:12:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yaffa, Andrew	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
02:20:12	General Case Activities
02:21:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:21	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
01:23:28	Break
01:43:27	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Kaufman, Samuel M.D.	In Person
02:03:40	General Case Activities
02:05:47	Break
02:38:42	General Case Activities
02:40:28	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Gary	Milunsky, Dr. Aubrey M.D.	Video Recording
03:35:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:25	Break
00:03:38	Witness Direct Examination	Moores, John "Brad"	Tano, Dr. Albert M.D.	In Person
01:32:39	Break
01:54:20	Witness Direct Examination	Moores, John "Brad"	Tano, Dr. Albert M.D.	In Person
02:17:57	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gary	Tano, Dr. Albert M.D.	In Person
03:26:04	Break
03:31:21	General Case Activities
03:32:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:17	General Case Activities
00:13:56	Closing Statement	Cohen, Gary
01:09:14	Break
01:23:46	General Case Activities
01:24:09	Closing Statement	Cohen, Gary
02:01:24	General Case Activities
02:02:19	End of Session