$8 Million Settlement After Emergency Cesarean Section

During Ms. Doe’s delivery at the treatment hospital, the fetal monitor showed minimal variability of her unborn child. A prolonged late deceleration occurred approximately one hour and 45 minutes later. At that time, the baby’s heart rate dropped to 70 beats per minute.

The fetal heart rate continued to drop that evening. Ms. Doe’s baby was delivered by emergency cesarean section later the same night. The baby was unresponsive and taken immediately to the ICU before being transferred to another hospital for treatment.

Now 5 years old, the baby boy suffers from brain damage and requires 24-hour care.

Ms. Doe sued the hospital, alleging it chose not to perform a timely cesarean section in light of prolonged signs of severe distress, including a massive late deceleration. The defendants denied liability and contended that fetal monitoring was appropriately interpreted and managed.

The parties mediated this settlement for $8 million.

The attorneys representing Ms. Doe and the child were Benjamin T. Ikuta and Vanessa Raven.

Doe v. Roe, Confidential Docket.

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling birth trauma injury lawsuits, brain injury lawsuits, and medical negligence cases for individuals, families and loved ones who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 50 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Woodstock, Cary, Hoffman Estates, Vernon Hills, Des Plaines, Wheaton, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Calumet City, Chicago (Englewood, Woodlawn, South Chicago, East Side, Gold Coast, Lincoln Square, Logan Square, Hermosa, Garfield Park, North Lawndale), Cicero, Oak Park, Oak Lawn, and Villa Park, Ill.

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