Birth Injury Settlements

verdict awarded for a 19-year-old disabled teen who suffered a severe brain injury during birth due to a delayed C-section delivery.

on behalf of a child who suffered brain damage and other injuries after a delayed cesarian section.

$18M settlement on behalf of a first-time mother whose baby suffered from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy due to a Chicago hospital’s failure to timely call and perform a c-section.

for the family of a child who suffered brain injury due to lack of oxygen during her birth. Despite nonreactive fetal heart tracings, the Chicago area hospital failed to promptly respond to fetal monitoring and did not arrange for a C-section in a timely manner.

FTCA settlement for a child born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury as a result of a negligent neonatal resuscitation and intubation. Parents were both active duty at the time.

settlement to the family of a baby who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of a doctor’s failure to test the mother for Group B Strep Meningitis during prenatal care.

verdict against a hospital because an inexperienced resident performed a vaginal delivery of a breech presentation resulting in shoulder dystocia and a crippling brachial plexus arm injury.

settlement for a young girl who suffered a brain injury during birth, resulting in cerebral palsy, after physicians failed to timely perform a c-section.

settlement for a child who suffered brain damage causing cerebral palsy as a result of a family practice physician’s failure to perform a timely Caesarean section in the face of fetal distress.

settlement in a case where a newborn suffered a perinatal stroke, brain bleeds, and skull fractures during birth due to a negligent forceps delivery by a Chicago area obstetrical group. The child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result.

FTCA settlement to the family of a baby who suffered a hypoxic ischemic brain injury resulting in multiple medical complications, all of which contributed to his death.

settlement obtained on behalf of two infants who died as a result of negligent postnatal treatment of an infection.

settlement for a child who suffered mild brachial plexus injuries that resulted from a doctor’s failing to use proper disimpaction techniques to address a shoulder dystocia which caused excessive force placed upon the infant’s head and nerve injury.

settlement for a child who died as a result of a doctor’s failure to diagnose the mother with an immune disorder while pregnant, which led to an extreme premature delivery at 25 weeks gestation, causing the baby to have respiratory and heart failure which eventually resulted in death at just 2 years old.

settlement for the family of a newborn baby who died as a result of doctor’s failure to perform a timely Caesarean section as well as failing to recognize, report, and respond to non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracings, non-reactive stress tests, and non-reassuring biophysical profiles.