Damages: One Family's Legal Struggles in the World of Medicine.

The story of the Sabia family and their multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Dr. Maryellen Humes and Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut is told in Damages: One Family's Legal Struggles in the World of Medicine.

The outcome of multiple births is not always as sweet as the safe delivery of the McCaughey septuplets. The Sabia family was permanently altered by the unexpectedly devastating birth of twin sons in 1984: one was stillborn and the other born with profound disabilities. Only two days earlier Donna Sabia had been told that she and the twin babies she was carrying were fine.

Author Barry Werth narrates their story with insight and offers a startling expose of the war being waged among America's doctors, lawyers, and insurance carriers.

Damages reveals the events that caused the lawsuit against the hospital and Dr. Humes. The doctor and hospital denied liability and maintained throughout that they had met the generally accepted standard of care. The Sabias' attorneys as well as attorneys for the doctor and the hospital tried to find expert witnesses who could support their respective positions regarding what the standard of care was at the time and whether it had been met. A rift quickly developed between the doctor and the hospital and quickly...