$2,400,000-Settlement Birth Trauma Use Of Forceps During Delivery – Brain Damage

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 11th, 2010 in Medical Malpractice Results

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYER – BIRTH TRAUMA USE OF FORCEPS DURING DELIVERY – BRAIN DAMAGE

Settlement: $2,400,000 (present value) structured settlement

Settlement Apportionment: An upfront payment of $1,000,000 plus $6,160 per month for life (with a guaranteed 20 years), increasing 3% per year.

Injuries:

  • Brain damage with right-side hemiparesis and mild mental retardation
  • Encephalomalacia with enlargement of the left lateral ventricle, confirmed by MRI.

Facts: Pltf., age 19 at trial, suffered brain damage during his birth on 7/18/71. He claimed that Deft.’s physician improperly used Kielland forceps during a mid-forceps procedure for deep transverse arrest. Pltf. contended that the mid-forceps operation was contraindicated.

Demonstrative Evidence: Kielland forceps; fetal/pelvic model. Deft. had filed for bankruptcy in 1974 and did not produce hospital records for Pltf. or his mother. Pltf. produced a one-page summary sent by Deft. to a treating physician in April 1972 as proof that he and his mother were patients at Deft.’s facility in 1971.

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