Personal Injury Law

Birth Injury Cases ? Recent Success:

By Hurley, McKenna & Mertz

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin posted a recent trial success of Hurley, McKenna, & Mertz regarding a major birth injury case (2/4). Attorneys Christopher T. Hurley and Mark R. McKenna were able to obtain a $9 million verdict for our client, ?a disabled 20-year-old man whose mother claimed her son sustained severe brain damage and spastic quadriplegia as the result of an injury during his birth at Cook County Hospital.?

Amelia Saragosa visited the Cook County hospital?s emergency room with labor pains on January 21, 1990. Shortly thereafter, an amniotomy, which is an ?intentional rupture of the fetal membranes,? was performed causing the umbilical cord to become trapped. The child, who was the plaintiff in this case, was deprived of blood flow and oxygen as a result, making an emergency Caesarean section a necessity. 41 minutes passed between the time when the need for an emergency C-section was apparent and the procedure was performed.

As trial lawyers, we have both experience and success with similar and equally as saddening medical malpractice cases. We have tried cases involving amniotomy, cord prolapse, brain injury, cerebral palsy, and other birth injuries.

Full post as published by Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog on February 14, 2010 (boomark / email).