Kern

  Published in: The Bakersfield Californian Jury finds hospital partially responsible for boy’s meningitis. By Jonathan Nelson Californian staff writer e-mail: jnelson@bakersfield.com A Kern County jury Thursday awarded a Tehachapi boy $4.7 million after finding Kern Medical Center partially responsible for the 2-year-old contracting meningitis, which resulted in cerebral palsy. The money is to...

  Published in: Antelope Valley Press By Kevin Mc Keehan - Valley Press Staff Writer BAKERSFIELD — A Tehachapi mother whose newborn contracted a crippling form of meningitis at Kern Medical Center was awarded $4.7 million Thursday by a Bakersfield jury that found the hospital failed to treat her infant properly. The jury agreed...