Georgia Mother Gets Second Chance at Suit Over Baby’s Injuries

A Georgia medical center, pediatrician, and nurse must defend a medical malpractice suit alleging that they failed to warn a new mother about the dangers of co-sleeping with her newborn, a state appeals court said.

A state trial court used the wrong standard when it threw out testimony by expert witnesses that baby Ashley Crowder’s injuries likely resulted from being rolled over on by his mother, T’Dawn Sampson, the Georgia Court of Appeals said Monday.

The experts weren’t required to give a definite conclusion about what occurred based on concrete evidence, the court said. Georgia law requires expert causation opinions ...