#15 (tie) – $2.1 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Traumatic brain injury from application of forceps at birth
Attorneys: Charles J. Zauzig III, Melissa G. Ray, Woodbridge; Stephen W. Bricker, Richmond
Summary: An infant suffered a traumatic brain injury when an obstetrician attempted a forceps rotation of the fetus, a procedure she had never used before. Plaintiff’s attorneys contended that the mother should have been informed of the obstetrician’s inexperience with the procedure and given an opportunity to request a cesarean section.
Special damages included $94,574 in medical bills and a future life care plan of $5.3 million because the child will never be a fully independent adult and probably will have to be placed in a group home. The case settled with the payment of $1.35 million for the child and $750,000 for the mother for emotional distress.
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