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A Chinese man and his children have won more than $5 million in court after his wife died in an Orange County hospital when her obstetrician allegedly abandoned her amid complications after a C-section.
由于妻子在美國橘郡一所醫院分娩時意外死亡，中國一名男子和他的孩子們獲得了超過五百萬美元的賠償。據悉，死亡原因是該女子的婦產科醫生非法放棄了并發癥的搶救。
A jury on Monday awarded Yuanda Hong and his two children about $2 million in their civil suit against obstetrician Long-Dei Liu for Ling Nie's death March 14, 2014.
2014年3月14日，在控告聶玲主治醫生劉隆德的這一官司中，洪元達和他的兩個孩子因為痛失親人獲賠200萬美金。
Court records indicate the family reached a $3.2-million settlement with Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center, where Nie was treated, in July.
法庭記錄表明，家屬和聶玲7月份入住的園林醫院達成了320萬美金的調節費的協議。
Nie had arrived in Orange County after she and Hong shopped online for the best place to have a baby in the United States, said their attorney, Neil Howard.
他們的律師Neil Howard說，聶和洪最開始是再網上搜尋美國最適合生孩子的地方，之后聶就前往了位于橘郡的該所醫院。
The practice of pregnant women traveling to the United States, usually on tourist visas, so their children will be born U.S. citizens is sometimes called maternity tourism. In Southern California, such women often live with other expectant mothers in suburban homes while waiting to deliver. It's particularly popular with wealthy women from China.
由于懷孕婦女前往美國旅行通常持有旅行簽證，所以他們在美國生育孩子，進而使其成為美國公民的這一行為有時被稱為生育旅游業。在南加州，這些婦女通常會和其他待產婦女一樣，待在位于郊區的家中等待分娩。這種行為在中國富有婦女當中很流行。
Many agencies openly advertise services offering assistance in getting newborns a U.S. passport and extolling the benefits that come with American citizenship, including public education and immigration benefits for parents.
許多機構因此公開宣傳這項服務，幫助新生兒獲取美國護照，吹捧包括公共教育和父母移民在內的美國公民所享有的福利。
