Josh Hicks’ client alleges that during labor, the doctor informed her that she could only have one person present in the operating room during the birth of her son. The woman requested that both the father and the sign language interpreter be present in the operating room during her c-section so that she would be able to communicate with the hospital staff. However, the doctor told her that pursuant to hospital policy, she could only have one person present during the birth of her son, either the father of her child, or the ASL interpreter, but not both

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o According to a May 24, 2019, complaint in Curry v. Norton Healthcare, “After more than a dozen hours of labor, the doctor on call at Norton Hospital, Dr. Cornelia Poston, determined that Ms. Curry’s labor was not progressing and a cesarean section (hereinafter ‘c-section’) was necessary. Dr. Poston informed Ms. Curry that she could only have one person present in the operating room during the birth of her son. Ms. Curry requested that both Mr. Lattimer and the sign language interpreter be present in the operating room during her csection so that she would be able to communicate with the hospital staff. However, Dr. Poston told Ms. Curry that pursuant to hospital policy, she could only have one person present during the birth of her son, either Mr. Lattimer, the father of her child, or the ASL interpreter, but not both.”[1]

[1] Complaint, Curry v. Norton Healthcare, Inc., Case No. 19-cv-00381, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, May 24, 2019