{"id":314,"date":"2010-03-15T17:12:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T23:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/03\/15\/chicago_jury_finds_in_favor_of\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:30:35","slug":"chicago_jury_finds_in_favor_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicago_jury_finds_in_favor_of\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Jury Finds in Favor of a Severely Brain Damaged Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Cook County jury awarded a positive verdict to a 20 year-old man for severe brain damage that he sustained as a result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337417.html\">Cook County birth injury<\/a>.  Given that a plaintiff has 8 years from the date of injury to file an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337417.html\">Illinois birth injury claim<\/a>, typically we see these lawsuits filed and settled well before the injured child reaches adulthood.<br \/>\nAnd while the age of the injured child at the time of the Cook County verdict might be unusual for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337417.html\">Cook County birth injury lawsuit<\/a>, the case facts are fairly typical of an Illinois birth injury.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337417.html\">Illinois birth injury lawsui<\/a>t was brought by the plaintiff&#8217;s mother, who claimed that her son was born with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337423.html\">severe brain damage<\/a> as a result of negligence on behalf of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchil.org\/index.html\">Cook County Hospital<\/a>.  The plaintiff&#8217;s defense rested on claims that a delay on behalf of the hospital staff in delivering the baby was the cause of his subsequent brain damage.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicago_jury_finds_in_favor_of\/#more-314\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Cook County jury awarded a positive verdict to a 20 year-old man for severe brain damage that he sustained as a result of a Cook County birth injury. 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