A civil court in Avellino has ordered a local clinic to pay €467,000, plus legal costs, to the mother of a girl who suffered permanent injury following her birth in 2016, according to a report by IrpiniaNews.
What the report says
The case concerns a girl, now ten years old, who lives with permanent consequences from an obstetric paralysis.
IrpiniaNews reports that the mother was admitted to an Avellino clinic in labour the day before the delivery, which took place on 20 May 2016. The report states that the delivery involved the use of an obstetric vacuum and occurred in a context of shoulder dystocia.
According to the same report, the newborn showed immediate paresis of the right upper limb. Later testing documented an injury to the upper section of the right brachial plexus, described as compatible with Erb-Duchenne obstetric palsy.
IrpiniaNews attributes the outcome to a first-instance decision by the Civil Court of Avellino, Second Civil Section. The report states that the court-appointed technical consultation was central to the decision, supporting both the diagnosis and the causal link between the complicated delivery and the injury.
What remains unclear
The acquired report does not name the clinic. It also does not provide the full text or case number of the judgment, a detailed breakdown of the compensation, or the court's full reasoning.
The report does not establish whether the first-instance decision will be appealed or whether the award has become final.
