$53 Million Awarded in Cerebral Palsy Case

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A 12-year-old boy and his family were awarded a $53 million judgment against the University of Chicago Medical Center for a series of missteps which led to him being born with a severe case of cerebral palsy.

The boy is forced to remain in a wheelchair and is fed and clothed by his mother.

The Case at a Glance

Documents from the case allege about 20 blunders by doctors and nurses when the boy’s mother arrived at the hospital 40 weeks pregnant. Among the mistakes were failures to:

  • Obtain accurate cord blood gases
  • Notice abnormal heart rate patterns of the baby which indicated a drop in the supply of oxygen
  • Follow proper chain of command
  • Perform a C-section birth in a timely fashion

Even though the hospital’ fought the case for 12 years, their own records revealed that the boy had been suffocated at birth and suffered from a lack of oxygen.

The jury reached their verdict in four hours. The decision includes $28.8 million for future expenses for caretaking and $7.2 million for medical expenses.

Let The Fitzgerald Law Firm Fight For You!

What happened at the University of Chicago Medical Center is absolutely inexcusable.

If you believe your child suffered an injury to the brain or some other form of birth injury, you should know that The Fitzgerald Law Firm is a national leader in fighting on behalf of families and children who are forced to suffer because of someone else’s negligence.

In 2015 alone, we secured a $135 million verdict on behalf of a client who had sustained a brain injury.

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