http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/01\/26\/us\/colorado-fetus-lawsuit\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\r\nLori, 28 weeks pregnant, was short of breath and vomiting when she went to the hospital\u2019s emergency room on New Year\u2019s Day 2006, CNN reported. She ended up going into cardiac arrest and died, as did her unborn twin boys. Stodghill became the sole caretaker of the couple\u2019s then-2-year-old daughter, and filed suit against the hospital.<\/p>\r\n
The litigation had already been in progress for two years when the hospital\u2019s lawyers brought a new argument to court, according to CNN. They maintained that a fetus is legally not a person until it is born alive, the news network reported.<\/p>\r\n
And since the Stodghills\u2019 twins were dead when they were taken from 31-year-old Lori\u2019s body, the hospital couldn\u2019t be held liable over their demise. A court bought that argument, and it ended up that Stodghill lost his suit, even the claims regarding his wife\u2019s death, according to CNN.<\/p>\r\n
But that wasn\u2019t the end of it all. The hospital went after Stodghill for more than $118,000 in legal fees, trying to get him to drop his appeal.<\/p>\r\n
The bottom line is that Stodghill has now asked the Colorado Supreme Court to hear his case, CNN reported. In turn, Colorado bishops have told media outlets, including CNN, that they will look at the litigation and the hospital\u2019s practices to be sure they are in faithful to the Church\u2019s teachings.<\/p>\r\n
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