Davenport Personal Injury Lawyer - Medical Malpractice

$38 Million Birth Injury Verdict

Shannon Weidemann — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:19:00 GMT

A jury in Connecticut awarded a family $38 Million after deciding a doctor was liable for their child's cerebral palsy. It is believed to be one of the largest medical malpractive verdicts. Cerebral palsy can be a birth injury when a baby goes too long without oxygen. Attorney's for the plantiff argued that the doctor waited far too long to perform a c-section.

"The first baby was born at 3:11 a.m., and a problem was noted with the second one at 3:13. The Caesarean delivery was not completed until 3:38 a.m, about 25 minutes after the problem surfaced," said Ziotas, who gave the closing arguments after a 30-day trial.
The baby was born with cerebral palsy, and is quadriplegic, said Ziotas. "It takes 15 hours a day to feed him, through two types of tubes," he said. "He will require round-the-clock care for the rest of his life."

Stamford Hospital was also named in the lawsuit and was found not liable for the birth injury. The Attorney for the defendant is going to ask the judge to set aside the verdict.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

$3.7 Awarded in Indiana Cerebral Palsy Case

Shannon Weidemann — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:40:43 GMT

A child was born in 2001 via c-section and is now suffering from cerebral palsy. Her family believes it was a lack of oxygen during birth and that doctors were too slow in her delivery. A jury in Indiana agreed and awarded them $3.7 Million in the medical malpractice case.

Indiana limits medical malpractice awards, so the judgment on the three claims will be reduced to just under $2 million, said Mike Miller, the family's attorney. Most will be paid by the Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund.
But he hailed the Marion Circuit Court jury's verdict on Monday, one of the largest in recent memory in Central Indiana. Dr. Sally Bradley was assigned the bulk of the damages, with a $500,000 judgment against the hospital.

The girl, who is now 6-years-old, was born not breathing and took 12 minutes to start breathing on her own. In most cases cerebral palsy is caused from a lack of oxygen to the brain. Mental retardation affects 70% of those with cerebral palsy and many need to use walkers, braces, or wheelchairs for mobility.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann