Failure of Nurses To Notify Doctor About Fetal Heart Rate - $3,250,000 Present Value Settlement
In a case involving cerebral palsy and cortical blindness, our birth injury attorneys represented a Sonoma County family in a claim seeking damages for their 5-year-old daughter's brain damage. The little girl was the first child for a 42-year-old mother who should have been treated as a high-risk pregnancy but was not. The defendant doctor was a family practitioner who should have referred the mother and babies care to a high risk OB program. During a prolonged labor the expectant mother failed to progress and the child's fetal monitor strip demonstrated worrisome heart rate decelerations after contractions but the attending nurses ignored these. Experts retained by Walkup birth injury attorneys analyzed the monitoring strips and identified multiple indications of fetal stress. Our nursing experts were prepared to testify that the attending nurses should have called an on call obstetrician to perform a prompt C-section under these circumstances In mediation, our lawyers negotiated one of the largest settlements in Sonoma County history, payable both in cash and monthly installments to take care of the child now and throughout her projected life expectancy. The settlement was crafted so that future payments will increase with inflation and will be sufficient to pay for therapy, attendant care, visual and verbal stimulation, and future lost wages. A special needs trust was also established to preserve the child's ability to receive public benefits in the future.
If your child has suffered a birth injury, we want to hear your story. If medical negligence or medical malpractice was involved, our lawyers want to help. Contact the attorneys at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger in San Francisco for a free consultation.
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Nurse Error Attorneys
San Francisco, California
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