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$5.1 Million Birth Injury Settlement Over a Failure to Properly Monitor Fetal Heart Rate and Timely Perform Emergency C-Section
Sommers and Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky, Matthew Turner, and Muskan Ali negotiated a $5.1 million birth trauma settlement for a catastrophically brain-damaged three-year-old girl. The child’s mother presented to the defendant hospital in February 2020, and…
Confidential $4.375 Million Birth Injury Settlement For Child Who Suffered Severe Brain Injury
Sommers Schwartz attorney Richard Groffsky secured a $4.375 million settlement on behalf of a child who suffered a severe birth-related hypoxic ischemic brain injury. The birth injury lawsuit claimed that…
Confidential $4.25 Million Settlement in Birth Injury Lawsuit Over Untreated Placental Abruption
Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Matthew Curtis obtained a confidential multimillion-dollar settlement for a child who suffered acute hypoxia and ischemia during labor and delivery. According to the complaint, the mother had experienced a…
$3.9 Million Birth Trauma Settlement for Physician’s Failure to Perform Intrauterine Resuscitation and Mitigate Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Lisa Esser-Weidenfeller negotiated a $3.9 million settlement for a child who suffered a severe lack of oxygen and blood to his brain during labor…
Confidential $3,750,000 Settlement in a Medical Malpractice Claim for Birth Injuries
Sommers Schwartz attorney Richard Groffsky negotiated a $3,750,000 settlement in a medical malpractice claim for birth injuries. As a result of a doctor and hospital’s negligence and failure to provide…
$2,875,000 Birth Injury Settlement For the Failure to Treat a Mother’s Infection During Labor Resulting in the Child’s Neonatal Stroke
Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Michael McCullough II secured a settlement totaling $2.875 million over claims the defendant caregivers failed to treat the mother’s group B strep (GBS) infection during labor, resulting in her sepsis and…
Birth Injury Settlement for Newborn Who Suffered Brain Damage During Delivery
Sommers Schwartz attorneys Matthew Curtis and Richard Groffsky obtained a confidential settlement for a child who suffered acute hypoxia and ischemia during labor and delivery. According to the lawsuit, the…
$2 Million Settlement for Failure to Timely Diagnose Strep B Infection During Pregnancy
Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Lisa Esser secured a settlement with Cook County Health & Hospital System on behalf of a minor child and her mother. The lawsuit alleged…
Confidential $1.8 Million Birth Injury Settlement – Failure to Treat Mother’s Pelvic Infection Resulting the Premature Birth and Grievous Injuries to the Child
Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Andy Dragovic obtained a confidential $1.8 million birth injury settlement on behalf of a child who was born 24 weeks premature due to the…
Confidential $1.5 Million Settlement for Newborn Who Suffered Brain Damage Due to Delayed Delivery
Richard Groffsky obtained a confidential $1,500,000 settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving birth injuries due to the negligence of the defendant hospital’s obstetrical team. According to the lawsuit, the…
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