A Maine Woman Reaches a Tentative $10 Million Malpractice Settlement

A former Orono woman has reached a tentative $10 million settlement in a malpractice lawsuit after her infant son suffered permanent, catastrophic injuries that went unreported by Brewer Medical Center.

In June 2020, Alexandria Orduna sued the federal government, which operates Penobscot Community Heath Center, a federally qualified health center, and through it, Brewer Medical Center.

The medical malpractice suit claims staff at Brewer Medical Center did not notified Orduna, as they were required by law to do, of “red-flag signs of physical abuse” by her then-boyfriend, Cyree Hansley, that would have allowed her to protect her son.