Cerebral Palsy Lawyer & Attorney : Burke & Eisner Law Firm : Medical Malpractice Lawyers & Attorneys

At least it appears to be in the northeast.  This just a blog post announcing a settlement.  Note how the post says that the plaintiff will receive $29 Million over the course of her life.  That is because the present value of the settlement may be $3 Million but that is used to purchase an annuity that will provide $29Million in payments for the rest of her life (or some set time).  I tis not clear exactly when payments will stop or exactly how it is structured.

[A] newborn, was born neurologically damaged at birth.  The child's mother came to the hospital complaining of not feeling the baby and bleeding.  Doctors at the hospital placed her on a monitor but failed to detect any abnormalities with the infant.  The child was born 12 days later and at birth could not breathe.  Tests were performed which revealed that the child had suffered a brain bleed while in utero. The child was transferred to New York Hospital for further treatment. Our client, now 7-years-old, cannot walk or talk and has to be fed through a tube. The child will receive $29 million from the settlement over the course of her life.

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This from a video report of a $2.4 Million dollar settlement in a case in New York.  The child suffers severe brain damage and the settlement should go a ways to help the family.

Kelly Hunt-Force was born at corning hospital in 1998 with cerebral palsy. Her family says it's a result of nurses who neglected to monitor her mother. Kelly will never walk or talk because she has severe brain damage.

Source:  WENY.com

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This from an article in Ireland.  A settlement in a birth injury case involving a failure to properly electronically monitor the labor as is progressed.  The result was severe cerebral palsy.

Details were not disclosed except that it was substantial and the full amount claimed.

In a statement read out in court by Mrs Swaine on the couple's behalf, she criticised the hospital for the way they were treated both during and after the birth.

She said during her labour, which was induced, she and her husband had waited so long for the arrival of their first child and what should have been a joyous occasion "soon turned into the most tragic of our lives."

She said that during her labour, she and her husband told a nurse they felt something was wrong and they were "basically ignored".

Christopher, who was born on July 21, 2002, with severe cerebral palsy, had to be resuscitated after birth and spent a month in intensive care where the parents had to learn to feed him through a tube.

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This one was approved by a judge to put an end to the 4 year old case.

Labor proceeded appropriately until several minutes after Radis started pushing and fetal monitor tracings indicated the baby was not tolerating labor.

Physicians and nurses attempted to expedite the delivery by using a vacuum extractor to bring the baby's head down farther, but the vacuum was removed after eight minutes because the doctor believed with one or two more pushes, the baby would be delivered, according to the release. But the baby, Joshua Radis, was not delivered until the fifteenth push, some 31 minutes later on May 16, and by that time, he was brain-damaged and now suffers cerebral palsy.

The brain damage is basically caused by a lack of oxygen during the labor.  When I first started looking at these cases several years ago, I was surprised at how often I would come across a case where the size of the baby was an issue given the size of the mother.  This case settled for $11.5 million.

From WNBC5

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Out of the Boston Area this morning.

The family of a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has been awarded a multi-million dollar medical malpractice settlement.

NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that Dustin Turner was born with cerebral palsy after a traumatic delivery at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Dustin can smile and gurgle, but those are his only means of communication. He has severe cerebral palsy, which his parents blame on his lack of oxygen during labor and birth.

For the rest of the story please see TheBostonChannel.com

Source:  The Boston Channel via Yahoo

According to the Manchester Union Leader the amount of the settlement is $5 Million.

The parents of a severely brain-damaged New Hampshire boy will be awarded $5 million to pay for his long-term care, under a settlement of a lawsuit filed against the doctor and nurse who handled the boy's delivery at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Michelle and Kendall Turner, of Bedford, N.H., sued Dr. Mitchell Zager and nurse Mary Doran after their son, Dustin, 5, was born on July 11, 2001, with severe neurological damage.

For the rest of that story Please see the UnionLeader.com

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