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Jurors deliberate in medical malpractice complaint
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Posted on Oct 30 2008
Six jurors in the Superior Court started deliberations yesterday on a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a police officer and his wife against the Commonwealth Health Center over a failed vasectomy surgery.
The deliberation began shortly after the plaintiff and the defense completed the closing arguments in the lawsuit filed by Police Officer Eric David and his wife, Tanya.
A motions hearing was set yesterday afternoon before Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo.
Attorney George Hasselback is counsel for the David couple. Assistant Attorney General David Lochabay is representing CHC and the CNMI government.
The couple, together with their child, lodged in 2004 the lawsuit against Dr. John Yarofalir, who allegedly performed the vasectomy surgery on the officer sometime in 2004. Yarofalier was subsequently replaced by the government as defendant.
The complaint stated that the failed vasectomy surgery on the officer resulted in Tanya’s pregnancy, delaying her plans to complete her studies and eventually join the Army.
She was allegedly made to take a prescription drug without her knowledge that she was pregnant, which was believed to have resulted in her baby’s hearing problem.[B][I] (FDT)[/I][/B]
