{"id":1321,"date":"2025-01-24T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2025-01-24T05:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T11:19:03","slug":"23-07-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-timely-deliver-newborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/23-07-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-timely-deliver-newborn\/","title":{"rendered":"$23.07 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Timely Deliver Newborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 32 weeks gestation, Alexis Willis arrived at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago. She was complaining of a headache and decreased fetal movement. At the hospital, she was diagnosed as having preeclampsia and was connected to a fetal heart monitor. The fetal heart monitor showed variable deceleration and an absence of viability and acceleration. <\/p>\n<p>After about two hours, the fetal heart monitor showed a prolonged deceleration. Willis was taken to the operating room, where the baby\u2019s heart-rate was reported as bradycardic.<a href=\"https:\/\/heartrhythmalliance.org\/aa\/uk\/bradycardia?gad_source=1&#038;gbraid=0AAAAADl9aV9cgjfVHtS1mx9AZC8JZsdUd&#038;gclid=CjwKCAiAkc28BhB0EiwAM001TX0FnQJ83Lw4gnaIpklAMYyXA56l151ANIHaGUxxrn9Qm7_sFI3zmRoChHYQAvD_BwE\"> Bradycardia<\/a> is a condition where the heart beats more slowly than expected, under 60 beats per minute in adults. Approximately 25 minutes later, Willis\u2019s daughter was born in a depressed condition; the baby required resuscitation. The baby\u2019s Apgar scores were 3 at 1 minute and 5 at 5 minutes. The baby, who is now 7 years old, has been diagnosed as having hypoxic-ischemic brain damage and cerebral palsy.  <\/p>\n<p>Willis and the baby\u2019s father sued the hospital and an attending physician, maintaining that they chose not to perform a timely cesarean delivery.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/23-07-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-timely-deliver-newborn\/#more-1321\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 32 weeks gestation, Alexis Willis arrived at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago. She was complaining of a headache and decreased fetal movement. At the hospital, she was diagnosed as having preeclampsia and was connected to a fetal heart monitor. The fetal heart monitor showed variable deceleration and an absence of viability and acceleration. 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