Posted On:
October 12, 2009
Huge Cerebral Palsy Verdict for 1984 Birth
A Saratoga County, Washington jury awarded $43.5 million last week to a woman who sued the former Bellevue Maternity Hospital in Niskayuna for severe brain damage she suffered during her birth in 1984.
While the Plaintiff is blessed with above-average intelligence with a degree from Arizona State University, she uses a wheelchair and lacks motor skills due to the brain damage from cerebral palsy.
How does a cerebral palsy case with such tremendous upside go to trial? Defendant's cerebral palsy lawyer reportedly turned down a high/low of $2 million/$300,000. Usually, cerebral palsy cases go to trial because one side miscalculates, which appears to be the case by the hospital in this case.
You can read more about this case here.
