Jury says firm must pay $22.5M after pregnant employee's baby died
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Company officials ordered a pregnant employee into the office despite doctors' order to stay home. She lost the baby - and a jury awarded her $22.5M.
A jury in Ohio said a firm must pay $22.5 million after an employee who was having complications with her pregnancy was not allowed to work from home − despite her doctors' orders – and gave birth prematurely to a baby who died.
The Cincinnati-area Hamilton County jury of five women and three men found that Total Quality Logistics was negligent for the 2021 death of Magnolia Walsh. She was delivered after 20 weeks and died after only a few hours of life.
The jury’s verdict was announced March 18 after a seven-day trial before Common Pleas Judge Chris Wagner.
Magnolia’s mother, Chelsea Walsh, had a pregnancy complication that led her doctor to perform an emergency procedure intended to maintain the pregnancy.
Walsh’s doctor instructed her to be on modified bed rest, work from home and limit her activity, to protect the pregnancy.













