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Brain Damaged Babies/Birth Defects
| Specific Injury |
Case Cite |
Plaintiff Age |
Damage Award |
Amount Rreviewed |
Amount Held |
| Hypoxic Brain Damage |
Bermeo v. Atakent, 671 N.Y.S.2d 727 (1st Dept. 1998) |
infant |
*Pain and Suffering |
$9,475,000 |
$4,750,000 |
Birth defects as a
result of medical
malpractice |
Adebowale v. Charles Drew Family Health Care Center, 702 N.Y.S.2d 841 (2d Dept. 2000) |
Infant |
*Past Pain and Suffering |
$100,000 |
$75,000 |
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*Future Pain and Suffering |
$600,000 |
$300,000 |
| Profound retardation and spastic quadriplegia |
Contorino v. Florida OB/GYN Association, P.C., 259 A.D.2d 460 (2d Dept. 1999) |
newborn |
*Past Pain and Suffering |
$3,000,000 |
$3,000,000 |
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*Loss of Services |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
| Cerebral palsy and brain damage |
Depradine v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., 255 A.D.2d 288 (2d Dept. 1998) |
newborn |
*Pain and Suffering |
$6,737,114 |
$6,737,114 |
| Brain damage |
Eccleston v. NYC Health & Hospitals, 698 N.Y.S.2d 869 (2d Dept. 1999) |
infant |
*Past Pain and Suffering |
$250,000 |
$250,000 |
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*Future Pain and Suffering |
$1,175,000 |
$1,175,000 |
| Cerebral palsy and brain damage |
Mandroukakis v. County of Westchester, 707 N.Y.S.2d 910 (2d Dept. 2000) |
newborn |
*Past Pain and Suffering |
$2,500,000 |
$750,000 |
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*Future Pain and Suffering |
$3,000,000 |
$1,500,000 |
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Mental disabilities, hematoma, edema of the brain |
Rodriguez v. Long Island College Hospital, 702 N.Y.S.2d 363 (2d Dept. 2000) |
Newborn |
*Past Pain and Suffering |
$500,000 |
$250,000 |
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*Future Pain and Suffering |
$1,000,000 |
$400,000 |
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