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Nearly $1 billion awarded to family for mishandled birth in ‘dangerous’ Utah hospital

Judge says he “cannot think of anything more profound, total or complete” than the harm caused during a 2019 birth at a Steward hospital.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) From left, Anyssa Zancanella, Azaylee Zancanella-McMicheal, and Danniel McMicheal stand in front of the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. In August, a judge ordered Steward Health Care to pay the family $951 million in damages for medical malpractice during Azaylee's birth.