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    • Chicago Personal Injury Blog Posts: Cerebral Palsy

    $510K Awarded in Staten Island Birth Injury Lawsuit

    [ July 24, 2010 | Nathan Polum | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago, Medical Malpractice ]

    A Staten Island jury has awarded $510,000 to the parents of a 4 year-old New Brighton who suffered brain injuries because he was deprived of oxygen at birth. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on behalf of Xzavier Hyman against Staten Island University Hospital and Dr. Paul Heitzer. Hyman suffers speech and fine motor skills [...]

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    Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Obtains $29 Million Verdict

    [ July 12, 2010 | Jay Paul Deratany | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago, Medical Malpractice ]

    Last month a jury returned a verdict of $29 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a child with cerebral palsy. The lawsuit alleged that doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois failed to treat an infection in the mother prior to her delivery. This untreated infection caused brain damage to the child resulting [...]

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    EVAC settles Cerebral Palsy lawsuit for $5 million

    [ July 12, 2010 | Nathan Polum | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Medical Malpractice ]

    DAYTONA BEACH — A lawsuit that threatened EVAC’s ability to continue operating is now settled with a woman who sued the ambulance service for injuries her child suffered when he was born prematurely on the way to an Orlando hospital. The settlement — which calls for payment of $5 million to Margaritia Stivers Chess — [...]

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    Doctor and Hospital Sued Over Birth Injuries

    [ June 29, 2010 | Nathan Polum | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago, Medical Malpractice ]

    Two Michigan women are suing their doctor, alleging negligence in the delivery of their children during birth. The children were both born with severe brain damage, including cerebral palsy and mental retardation, according to the lawsuit. Their lawsuit stems from their belief that their doctor forced them to wait before he delivered their babies, and [...]

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    Big payout for Bristol teenager who suffered brain injury at birth

    [ May 7, 2010 | Jay Paul Deratany | Posted in Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago, Medical Malpractice ]

    A TEENAGER who suffered a devastating brain injury at birth has been awarded “substantial” compensation in settlement of a legal claim against a city GP. A judge yesterday told the family of 18-year-old Marcus Glassenbury he hoped they would now be able to “breathe a sigh of relief and move on” after a deal was [...]

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    Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in $10M Verdict Over Birth in Ambulance

    [ April 17, 2010 | Patrick Degnan | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago, Medical Malpractice ]

    A Florida woman has been awarded $10 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against an ambulance service, which involved allegations that negligence by the paramedics caused her son to suffer a birth injury that resulted in cerebral palsy. The cerebral palsy lawsuit was filed by Margarita Chess, of Volusia County, against EVAC Ambulance, Bert Fish [...]

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    Suit says Clearwater Beach bar responsible for severed leg

    [ April 16, 2010 | Jay Paul Deratany | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago ]

    CLEARWATER — Before Joshua West reached speeds of 90 mph, before he veered up onto a sidewalk, and before he slammed into Andrew Hall, employees of a local beach bar served him alcohol despite knowing he had a drinking problem, says a lawsuit filed Monday in Pinellas County. West, now 25, was drinking at Shephard’s [...]

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    Scared parents took 1.5m for birth injury

    [ April 11, 2010 | Jay Paul Deratany | Posted in Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Chicago ]

    The father of a boy with cerebral palsy caused by alleged medical negligence at birth says the family has been “pushed into a corner” to accept a €1.5m High Court settlement against a maternity hospital. A lawyer for Jack Kenny (6) believed a more realistic offer from the hospital should have been between €3m and [...]

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