Pediatrician testifies for prosecution in Gipfert trial

A child abuse pediatrician who headed the team that worked to determine the cause of the alleged victim’s injuries testified during day four of the State of Nebraska vs. Nancy Gipfert.

Gipfert is charged with one count of child abuse causing serious bodily injury, a felony for her part in the incidences allegedly causing the two-month-old baby’s seizures and brain injuries in Sept. 2011.

Expert witness for the prosecution, Dr. Lisa Griss out of Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children where the boy was hospitalized from Sept. 13-Oct. 4, shared her theories about the infant’s injuries ye...