$94,812,240 Jury Verdict - Cerebral Palsy and Premature Birth
Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy and periventricular leukomalacia. The child's mother presented at a hospital with contractions when the child was at 27 weeks gestation. She was sent home and returned 3 days later in pain and having contractions. The child was born prematurely by C-section. Read more about the case involving failure to delay premature birth.
$31,575,000 Jury Verdict - Metabolic Acidosis and Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy and severe brain damage. After the child's premature birth, no cord blood gases were done until the next day. Although the first cord blood gases analysis suggested metabolic acidosis, the hospital did not take measures to adequately treat the metabolic acidosis. The premature infant had a hemorrhagic stoke, developed hydrocephalus, and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Read more about the case involving the failure to monitor metabolic acidosis.
$29,000,000 Jury Verdict - Birth Trauma and Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy who experienced birth trauma. The child was born prematurely, had Apgar scores of 4 and 4 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively, and was described as limp and blue. Problems at birth included severe respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, funisitis and acute chorioamnionitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, hyperbilirubinemia, and birth asphyxia. Read more about the case involving failure to delay a pre-term (premature) birth.
$26,000,000 Jury Verdict - Failure to Diagnose Renal Failure
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a plaintiff who developed cerebral palsy after renal failure at 2 months of age. At 2 months old, plaintiff had been admitted to the defendant hospital where medical professionals, including a nurse and residents, failed to diagnose renal failure. Read more about the case involving failure to diagnose renal failure.
$15,000,000 Settlement - Cerebral Palsy and Periventricular Leukomalacia
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child who suffered from periventricular leukomalacia and cerebral palsy due to a delay of effective ventilation at the child's birth, which was premature. Read more about the periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) lawsuit settlement.
$13,629,000 Jury Verdict - Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy
Attorneys at Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with brain damage and spastic cerebral palsy ( spastic diplegia in this case). At 28 weeks gestation, the child's mother experienced pinkish discharge and cramping. The defendant doctor's office told her to call back if the symptoms persisted but did not recommend she see the doctor. Later that day, she insisted on seeing a doctor, who prescribed Macrodantin and sent her home. The next day, the child was born. Read more about the lawsuit involving spastic diplegia cerebral palsy.
$10,239,723 Jury Verdict - Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with severe brain damage, spastic quadriplegia, and blindness. The mother had been admitted to a hospital ill-equipped to handle the delivery. After a delay in transferring the mother to another hospital, the child was delivered by C-section. Read more about the lawsuit involving failure to timely perform a C-section.
$8,000,000 Settlement - Failure to Diagnose and Treat Fetal Distress
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented twins, one with encephalopathy and the other with cerebral palsy. The children's mother's membranes broke at 29 weeks gestation. Although the mother was leaking amniotic fluid, a cesarean section was not performed until 2 days later. Read more about the case involving failure to diagnose and treat fetal distress.
$8,000,000 Jury Verdict - Failure to Perform Cesarean Section
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy. Doctors failed to perform a cesarean in a timely manner, resulting in cerebral palsy, mild learning difficulties, a seizure disorder and visual impairment. Read more about the lawsuit involving failure to perform a cesarean section in a timely manner.
$7,512,700 Jury Verdict - Delay in C-Section
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with spastic cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. Experts contended that if the child had been delivered by C-section even one hour earlier, the child would not have suffered birth asphyxia and hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) and subsequent neurological deficits. Read more about the lawsuit involving birth asphyxia and delay in C-section.
$7,500,000 Jury Verdict - Failure to Treat Urinary Tract Infection
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and learning difficulties. The hospital failed to treat the child's mother for a urinary tract infection, resulting in pre-term labor. Learn more about the lawsuit involving failure to treat a urinary tract infection.
$6,500,000 Settlement - Cerebral Palsy, Autism and Delay to Perform C-Section
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented twins , both of whom had cerebral palsy. One of the twins also had autism. The twin's mother went to the hospital complaining that she felt “something coming out of her vagina”. Physical examination revealed that her cervix was 3-4 cm. dilated, with the leg of Twin A prolapsing through the cervix. On the fourth day of the admission, an ultrasound evaluation revealed that Twin A’s feet were in the cervical canal and Twin B was in breech position. Based on the evaluation, the consulting perinatologists decided to deliver the twins through an emergency C-section. Learn more about the case involving hospital negligence for delay in performing C-section.
$5,500,000 Settlement - Cerebral Palsy and Grand Mal Seizure
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald cerebral palsy attorneys represented a child with cerebral palsy and brain damage. A C-section was not performed to deliver the child until about one hour after the C-section was ordered. A grand mal seizure was noted at twelve hours of age. The child was diagnosed with fetal distress, meconium staining, perinatal depression and respiratory distress. Read more about the case involving cerebral palsy and a grand mal seizure.
$4,109,452 Jury Verdict - Failure to Perform Timely Caesarean and Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald cerebral palsy attorneys represented a child with cerebral palsy. The child's mother was left under the care of medical residents during labor. Although there was evidence of fetal distress, labor was induced before the child was eventually delivered via a caesarean section. Read more about the lawsuit involving a child with cerebral palsy.
$4,000,000 Settlement - Prenatal Diabetes and Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy and severe disability. The child’s mother had prenatal diabetes and a urinary tract infection. Despite Plaintiff mother’s complicated obstetric history and prenatal complications, no proper antibiotics were administered. At birth, the child was described as blue, pale and floppy with occasional spontaneous respiration. Read more about the case involving prenatal diabetes.
$4,000,000 Settlement - Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald cerebral palsy attorneys represented a child with cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. The child's mother presented at the hospital with
high blood presssure and leakage from broken membranes that evidenced the presence of meconium. The unborn infant experienced bradycardia, tachycardia, and thick meconium staining. The delay in performing a C-section allegedly caused hypo-ischemic encephalopathy, which led to cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. Read more about the case involving hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and cerebral palsy.
$4,000,000 Settlement - Cerebral Palsy and Birth Asphyxia
In this cerebral palsy lawsuit, Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy, encephalopathy, developmental delays and brain damage. At birth, the child was diagnosed as having birth asphyxia, apnea, bradycardia of prematurity, and static encephalopathy. A head sonogram revealed extensive bilateral periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). Read more about the case involving encephalopathy and cerebral palsy.
$4,000,000 Settlement - Seizure Disorder and Cerebral Palsy
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy, seizure disorder and other injuries. Despite alarming signs of the risk of premature birth, no drugs or treatments were provided to ensure the well-being of the child’s mother and the child. The child was born at 24 weeks of gestation and suffered numerous birth injuries. Read more about the case involving seizure disorder and cerebral palsy.
$2,850,000 Settlement - Failure to Perform C-Section
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy. Although the child's mother was spotting at less than 26 weeks of gestation, the defendant doctor told her to simply put up her feet. The subsequent pre-term delivery of the child was difficult. Read more about the case involving failure to treat a high-risk patient and to perform a C-section.
$2,750,000 Settlement - Child Cyanotic at Birth
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy. During labor and delivery, the child was stuck in the mother's birth canal without oxygen for 18 minutes. The child was cyanotic at birth. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving failure to perform cesarean and birth injury.
$2,292,500 Settlement - Cerebral Hemorrhage and Cerebral Palsy
In this cerebral palasy lawsuit, Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy, blindness, and other severe disabilities. Prior to the child’s birth, the mother was admitted to the hospital two times for pregnancy-induced hypertension. After birth, the Plaintiff remained hospitalized for two and a half months. During that time, the child had an intraventricular hemorrhage; grade IV intracerebral hemorrhage and post – hemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving hemorrhage and cerebral palsy.
$2,000,000 Settlement - Cerebral Palsy and Forceps Delivery
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald cerebral palsy attorneys represented a child with severe mental retardation and
spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. The child was delivered by a medical resident, who used forceps. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving a forceps delivery by a medical resident.
$1,950,000 Settlement - Delay in Diagnosing Pneumothorax and Acidosis
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented twins, one with mild cerebral palsy. The twins' mother was not administered ritodrin to try prevent the premature birth. Medical defendants also failed to diagnose and treat pneumothorax in both twins and acidosis in the twin with mild cerebral palsy. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving a delay in diagnosing pneumothorax.
$1,850,000 Settlement - Delivery by Nurse Midwife
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with cerebral palsy. The child was suffered fetal distress and was delivered by a nurse midwife. Medical residents performed resuscitation procedures, and the child suffered meconium aspiration. Read more about the case involving nurse midwife and hospital malpractice.
$1,750,000 Settlement - Delivery by Nurse Midwife
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald cerebral palsy attorneys represented a child with cerebral palsy. The child was delivered by a nurse midwife, although there
was evidence of intrauterine growth retardation during the pregnancy. Although noted to by cyanotic and jittery, the infant was given to the mother to bond with for a long period of time. There were also other delays in diagnosis and treatment resulting in cerebral palsy and blindness. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving nurse midwife malpractice.
$1,700,000 Settlement - Mother Left Unattended During Labor
In this cerebral palsy lawsuit, Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child who had spastic cerebral palsy (spastic quadriplegia). The child's mother was left unattended during labor even though it was a pre-term birth. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving the mother left unattended during labor.
$1,500,000 Settlement - Cerebral Palsy and Delivery by Vacuum Extraction
In this cerebral palsy lawsuit, Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child with spastic cerebral palsy (spastic quadriplegia) and brain damage. During the child's mother's labor, bradycardia was observed. The child was delivered using vacuum extraction. Read more about the medical malpractice case involving a delivery by vacuum extraction.
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