A Cook County jury obtained $101 million medical malpractice verdict for the family of a baby born with a damaged brain at an Oak Park, Illinois, Hospital.
According to the court memorandum, on August 9, 2014, nurses at West Suburban Medical Center ignored the infant's external fetal monitoring strips for six hours before and during his delivery, which led to abnormalities. Due to the injury, he is unable to speak or take care of himself, which could have been avoided if the doctors were alerted and a C-section was performed.
The infant was taken to Misericordia Home, a facility that helps in taking care of people with mild to severe developmental disabilities. The verdict will ensure that he receives proper medical care for the rest of his life.
The plaintiff and her newborn daughter were awarded $229 million due to the brain damage caused to the child that resulted from misdiagnosis of preeclampsia during labor and delivery at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
The court documents read that the plaintiff was showing signs of severe preeclampsia and was 25 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital. The doctors informed the lady that the baby was viable outside the womb, but the baby would die or be severely brain-damaged if she undergoes the cesarean section in the delivery.
The lawsuit claimed that the lady agreed with the doctors that resulted in her daughter suffering from oxygen deprivation, which led to brain damage and cerebral palsy. It is one of the largest verdicts of medical malpractice lawsuits accounting up to $229 million.
