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.

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.

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.

Acuerdo para un niño que sufrió daño cerebral que causó parálisis cerebral como resultado de que un médico de medicina familiar no realizara una cesárea a tiempo ante la presencia de sufrimiento fetal.

settlement in a case in which a newborn suffered a perinatal stroke, brain hemorrhages, and skull fractures during delivery due to negligent use of forceps by an obstetric group in the Chicago area. As a result, the child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

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.

settlement for a child who suffered severe brain injury and cerebral palsy as the result of a uterine rupture in a vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC) delivery that could have been avoided had the doctor and hospital performed a timely Caesarean delivery after the mother complained of a ripping and tearing sensation in her uterus.

verdict against a doctor for improperly performing the McRoberts maneuver in the delivery of a baby who developed shoulder dystocia during birth, resulting in a crippling brachial plexus arm injury.