A Claremont girl paralyzed in a botched delivery won another legal victory following a jury’s $70 million ruling against the medical insurance company. Ashley Hughes is viewed by the court as a creditor and will be paid along with the other creditors once bankruptcy proceedings conclude. Dr. Neil Jouvenat, an obstetrician, was not insured at the time of Ashley’s birth on March 31, 1987. The jury found that Jouvenat improperly used forceps in the delivery, causing irreparable damage to the infant’s spinal cord and leaving her a quadriplegic.- Bruce G. Fagel