Evans, et. al. v. The William W. Backus Hospital (New London Superior Court—filed  October 25, 2018) On May 11, 2016, April gave birth to a healthy baby girl. At almost three months of age, the infant, Alydia, spiked a fever and began vomiting. Backus Health Center instructed April to administer over-the-counter meds and to bring the baby to the ED if symptoms worsened and/or fever continued. Just a few hours later, April rushed Alydia to the emergency department at Backus Hospital due to high fever and difficulty breathing. She was seen by numerous personnel, including two emergency physicians. Blood work was ordered but not done. They discharged the infant with more instructions to medicate with Tylenol and Motrin. The next day April brought Alydia to her pediatrician. That evening, she returned to Backus Hospital’s ED for what was then her fourth request for medical assistance on behalf of her very sick child. Blood work was ordered, but not done. They discharged the baby once again with instructions to see the pediatrician the next morning. The next morning Alydia’s parents brought her to the pediatrician with reports of lethargy and crying. On examination the APRN found “anterior fontanelle visibly bulging” and immediately sent the baby to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Alydia was admitted to CCMC for critical care with a presumed, and later confirmed, diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. As a direct result of the malpractice by Backus Hospital’s emergency medicine physicians in failing to consider, diagnose and treat bacterial meningitis, Alydia suffered brain damage, a seizure disorder and structural deformities to her skull. Alydia has undergone more than a dozen surgical interventions and invasive procedures and will likely experience developmental delays and impairments into her future.