Birth Injury Verdicts & Settlements
New York Birth Injury Verdicts and Settlements
The medical malpractice attorneys at Powers & Santola, LLP, work tirelessly to help the youngest victims of medical negligence obtain full and fair compensation for their injuries. Below are a few examples of obstetrical malpractice cases we have handled. Please note that past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in future cases. This information is provided to acquaint prospective clients with the scope and difficulty of cases we have handled in the past.
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- $4.1 Million recovery for an infant who suffered HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy), anoxic brain injury, and cerebral palsy as the result of an obstetrician failing to promptly perform a caesarean section to deliver a baby who was experiencing fetal distress. The hospital was found to have committed malpractice in failing to have qualified medical providers present at delivery to resuscitate the infant.
- $4 Million recovery for an infant who suffered HIE, anoxic brain injury, and cerebral palsy as the result of a midwife's malpractice in failing to promptly contact an obstetrician to perform a caesarean section to deliver a baby who was experiencing fetal distress.
- $3.7 Million recovery for an infant who suffered HIE and cerebral palsy as the result of the malpractice of a midwife and obstetrician's failure to promptly perform a caesarean section to deliver a baby who was experiencing fetal distress.
- $3.25 Million recovery for an infant who suffered HIE, anoxic brain injury, and cerebral palsy as the result of an obstetrician's malpractice in failing to promptly perform a caesarean section to deliver a baby who was demonstrating a lack of fetal well-being.
- $2.7 Million recovery for an infant who suffered birth asphyxia, which caused cerebral palsy, as the result of an obstetrician's failure to promptly perform a caesarean section.
- $1.05 Million recovery for an infant who suffered moderate brain damage, with subsequent developmental delays, as the result of an obstetrician's malpractice in failing to promptly perform a caesarean section to deliver a baby who was experiencing fetal distress.
- $3 Million recovery for an infant who suffered birth asphyxia, brachial plexus injury, and bilateral phrenic nerve damage, which caused paralysis of his diaphragm. His injuries resulted from the obstetrician attempted vacuum extraction of the baby instead of performing a caesarean section following an arrest of labor.
- $1.2 Million recovery for an infant who suffered moderate brain damage and developmental delays when the obstetrician attempted a vacuum extraction instead of performing a Caesarean section when the baby was at station +1 in an occipital position.
- $1.525 Million recovery for the death of an infant from severe perinatal asphyxia and for the emotional injuries suffered by his mother when the mother's uterus ruptured during a "trial of labor" in an attempted vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC) Section (VBAC).
- $1.25 Million recovery for an infant who suffered developmental delays as a result of obstetrical malpractice for failing to monitor the mother's medical condition when her uterus ruptured while attempting vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC).
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