Michigan Cerebral Palsy Attorneys: Verdicts and Settlements
In this section, you’ll find information about a few of the many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements secured by our team of birth injury lawyers at Michigan Cerebral Palsy Attorneys. By conducting intensive mock trials, focus groups, and research for all of our cases, our birth injury lawyers work tirelessly to obtain the compensation necessary to provide their clients with lives of health, well-being, and independence.
We encourage you to read through our selection of birth injury verdicts and settlements. Whether your experiences were similar to the following instances of medical malpractice or not, we urge you to reach out to our experienced medical malpractice attorneys with questions, concerns, or case inquiries—call the birth injury lawyers at Michigan Cerebral Palsy Attorneys toll-free at (888) 592-1857 or fill out our online contact form here.
Our Birth Injury Verdicts & Settlements at a Glance
The information below reflects some of the many verdicts and settlements secured by our birth injury lawyers at Michigan Cerebral Palsy Attorneys.
Disclaimer: To see an explanation of what these monetary values mean, you can visit our page on how we calculate verdicts and settlements. For reference, the first number listed is the total value of the settlement or verdict plus the amount the annuity is expected to generate over time. This is the expected maximum value recovery because it incorporates the increase in annuity as time passes. The value in parentheses is the total value of the cerebral palsy settlement or verdict. This number includes the annuity cost, additional costs and fees, medical bills, attorney fees, and the value deposited into a special needs trust. A verdict is decision that is made through trial, by a jury. A settlement is a formal agreement between parties that occurs before proceeding to trial.
$21 Million Verdict (FTCA Claim) – Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) causing severe cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and seizures.
$16 Million ($4.75 Million) – Misuse of Pitocin and a delayed C-section lead to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with resultant cerebral palsy and developmental delays.
$15.7 Million ($5 Million) –Baby left unmonitored in the NICU develops periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) with resultant cerebral palsy and life long mental and physical impairments.
$14.6 Million ($3.9 Million) – Fetal monitoring errors and failure to offer C-section lead to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with resultant cerebral palsy and intellectual impairments.
$11.8 Million ($4.75 Million) –Failure to diagnose preeclampsia and perform emergency C-section leads to HIE and brain damage with resultant cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and intellectual disabilities.
$11 Million ($4.35 Million) – Overventilation results in brain damage, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and cognitive deficits.
$10 Million (5.365 Million) – Confidential birth injury case.
$9.4 Million ($3.75 Million) – Overuse of Cytotec and failure to perform an emergency C-section lead to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), intracranial hemorrhages, and seizures with resultant cerebral palsy, cognitive impairments, and developmental delays.
$9 Million ($3.85 Million) – Failure to diagnose and treat IUGR leads to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and fetal distress with resultant cerebral palsy and developmental delays.
$8.7 Million ($3.5 Million) – Failure to treat maternal infection and provide timely delivery results in brain injury, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cortical blindness, and physical and cognitive impairments.
$8.5 Million ($3.9 Million) – Delayed emergency C-section on a distressed fetus leads to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and trauma with resultant cerebral palsy and seizure disorder.
$8.3 Million ($3.6375 Million) – Misuse of forceps leads to intracranial hemorrhaging with resultant cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and seizures.
$8.3 Million ($1.3 Million) – Failure to diagnose and treat maternal infection led to infection injury resulting in cognitive deficits and cerebral palsy.
$6.9 Million – Delayed emergency C-Section leads to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and birth anoxia, with resultant cerebral palsy.
$6.8 Million ($3.75 Million) – Ill-advised VBAC and delayed emergency C-section result in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with results cerebral palsy.
$6.6 Million ($3.5 Million) – Failure to prevent preterm delivery and avoid vaginal delivery of a breech baby leads to neonatal brain damage, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, and I/DD.
$6.3 Million ($2.25 Million) – Failure to stop preterm labor leads to a delayed emergency C-section and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with resultant cerebral palsy and developmental delays.
$6.15 Million Verdict – Incorrect use of vacuum extractor and failure to perform C-section lead to stroke and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with resultant cerebral palsy and brain damage.
$5.9 Million – Failure to diagnose and treat jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) leads to kernicterus with resultant cerebral palsy.
$5.7 Million ($2.05 Million) – Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) resulting in mild cerebral palsy and developmental delays in one twin.
$5 Million – Maternal infections left untreated resulting in cognitive delays, learning disabilities, and cerebral palsy.
$4.7 Million ($987,500) – Failure to detect severe fetal distress promptly leads to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and birth asphyxia.
$4.5 Million – Overventilation results in decreased cerebral blood flow, leads to brain injury, cerebral palsy, and physical and cognitive impairments.
$2.75 Million – Failure to manage high-risk pregnancy, failure to diagnose intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and failure to deliver on time cause neonatal birth injury.
$4.2 Million ($1.125 Million) – Misuse of vacuum extractor leads to intracranial hemorrhaging with consequential seizure disorder and cerebral palsy.
$3.5 Million – Undiagnosed and untreated chronic vessel disease in mother leading to placental abruption, resultant cerebral palsy, and cognitive impairments in twins.
$3.5 Million – Failure to prevent early labor and diagnose maternal complications leads to cerebral palsy and cognitive impairments.
$2.225 Million – Failure to offer C-section leads to birth trauma and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), with resultant Erb’s palsy and cerebral palsy.
$2.1 Million – Failure to prevent early labor results in cognitive impairments and cerebral palsy.
$2.1 Million – Incorrect anesthesia dose leads to delayed emergency C-section with resultant developmental delays.
$2 Million – Delayed emergency C-section leads to birth asphyxia with resultant developmental delays
$1.995 Million – Delayed treatment of spinal meningitis infection results in hemiparesis, developmental delays, and seizures.
$1.95 Million – A delayed emergency C-section leads to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with resultant cerebral palsy and developmental delays.
$1.825 Million – Improper use of drugs, birth trauma, and fetal oxygen deprivation leads to brain bleeding and seizures after birth.
$1.55 Million – Overventilation leads to hypocarbia with resultant cerebral palsy and mobility impairments.
$1 Million – Unsuccessful vaginal delivery of a macrosomic baby and hypoglycemia after birth lead to birth trauma with resultant severe cognitive impairment.
Categories: Our Birth Injury Verdicts and Settlements
We’ve arranged our verdicts and settlements into groups based on the specific causes of each injury. To review our past cases, visit the following links:
- Vacuum Extractor and Forceps Injuries
- These cases involve traumatic birth injuries from the misuse of delivery assistance tools. Some resultant injuries include hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), fetal stroke, intracranial hemorrhages (brain bleeds), brain damage, cerebral palsy and other injuries and disabilities.
- Overventilation Injuries
- Overventilation and over-oxygenation cases often involve lung damage, decreased cerebral blood flow, hypocarbia, brain damage and other permanent birth injuries and disabilities.
- Delayed Emergency C-Section
- Delayed emergency C-section cases almost always involve hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and fetal oxygen deprivation. Many babies delivered via delayed emergency C-section go on to have cerebral palsy, brain damage, intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), seizures and other permanent injuries and disabilities.
- Failure to Offer C-Section Delivery
- These cases typically involve fetal oxygen deprivation and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which often results in permanent neonatal brain damage, birth injuries and disabilities.
- Mismanaged Infection
- Mismanaged maternal and fetal infections such as chorioamnionitis, meningitis and sepsis often result in permanent neonatal brain damage, disabilities and birth injuries.
- Failure to Prevent Early Labor
- In these cases, our birth injury attorneys secured multi-million dollar settlements for babies with cerebral palsy, HIE, brain damage and other disabilities from premature birth.
- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Delivery Injuries
- These cases involve injuries from ill-advised vaginal deliveries in women who have previously delivered via C-section.
- Labor-Induction Injuries: Pitocin and Cytotec
- In these cases, our birth injury attorneys secured settlements for babies injured by the misuse of labor-induction drugs. Their injuries range from fetal oxygen deprivation to head trauma.
- Failure to Treat Jaundice
- These cases involve permanent birth injuries from kernicterus, a dangerous neonatal condition that stems from untreated jaundice. Because jaundice worsens into a dangerous condition known as kernicterus when left untreated, a medical professional’s failure to treat jaundice is always considered an act of medical negligence.
- Mismanagement of High-Risk Pregnancies
- These cases handle the mistreatment of mothers with obstetrical risk factors. Specific examples include mothers with histories or signs of preterm delivery and IUGR.
- Other Medical Errors: Other medical malpractice cases our attorneys have won involve fetal monitoring errors, NICU errors, anesthesia errors and more.
