Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury Lawyer Blog

In Dekalb County Illinois a family recently settled a medical malpractice lawsuit for $15.35 million in what is believed to be one of the largest birth injury settlements in the County. The complaint alleged that the delivering doctor attempted to deliver the child unsuccessfully 18 times in a one hour period with a vacuum extractor ignoring evidence of a slowed fetal heart rate indicating fetal distress. The child was eventually delivered via an emergency Cesarean section ( C-Section). During the attempted delivery the child sustained a severe brain injury.