TAMPA | A jury hearing a civil lawsuit against Tampa General Hospital awarded a $12 million judgment Friday to a Polk County couple whose premature baby died there after having been transferred from Winter Haven Hospital.

Parents Allyson Parham and Robert Gardner contended in their suit that TGH didn’t have the appropriate specialists on its staff to deal with their baby’s infection. The suit is one of at least nine with similar allegations filed by Tampa lawyer Harold Tripp Sebring.

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