Synopsis
When Caz Lederman's child is born with brain damage, she sues doctor Ian Gilmour for malpractice. As the film shows, Gilmour's procedures are indeed questionable (and graphically photographed -- fair warning to those with queasy stomachs). But it is also clear that the doctor, a last-minute replacement for Gilmour's regular gynecologist, did not intentionally endanger the mother and child, and that the cesarean operation was performed under extraordinarily difficult conditions. When Gilmour is found guilty of malpractice, he is ordered to spend a year in extra training -- an extreme measure that, the film argues, should be imposed upon all obstetricians before a delivery-room disaster occurs.
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Andrews Settles Malpractice Suit
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 8, 2000 -- Mary Poppins has settled her case, but don’t expect her to be singing from the rooftops. Julie Andrews announced Thursday that she has settled her 1997 malpractice suit against doctors who she says ruined her singing career after a botched throat operation.
The details of the settlement were not released, but the "Mary Poppins" and “The Sound of Music” songbird said she was satisfied with it.
Andrews’ publicist said that the award-winning singer and actress was devastated after the operation, which left the singer with hoarseness and permanent vocal chord damage.
She has been unable to sing professionally since then.