A Claremont girl paralyzed in a botched delivery won another legal victory following a jury’s $70 million ruling against a medical insurance company. A Superior Court jury found that Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange committed fraud and conspired to protect its own financial interests in a 1991 trial. The insurance company, which represented two neonatologists also involved in Ashley’s delivery, offered to handle Jouvenat’s defense in the 1991 negligence trial in Pomona Superior Court. Jurors awarded $21 million to Ashley, with $9.8 million coming from Jouvenat. The judgment forced Jouvenat into bankruptcy. After that trial, Ashley’s attorney, Bruce Fagel, found evidence that convinced him the company had conspired with its attorneys to shape the 1991 case and make Jouvenat the scapegoat. During the trial, Jouvenat’s attorney convinced him to admit his negligence in the botched delivery.- Dr. Bruce G. Fagel