An appellate court has ruled a mother can amend her lawsuit against three doctors and the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, which operates Jackson Health System, for allegedly ignoring signs of fetal distress that ended up causing her daughter severe brain damage.

Stephanie Gonzalez and her twin were born prematurely in 2005. Stephanie suffers from seizures, cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, cortical blindness and encephalopathy. Her twin was born healthy.