The government-run clinic that provided prenatal care for a mother who gave birth while she unknowingly carried streptococcus B has secured summary judgment extinguishing most of the claims brought against it.

But the clinic must still face a claim that it breached the standard of care by not telling the mother, Briana Winfield, that she had tested positive for the bacteria, which she passed on to her baby.

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