Specific Injury | Case Cite | Plaintiff Age | Damage Award | Amount Reviewed | 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 |
*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 |
*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 |
*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 |
*Future Pain and Suffering | $3,000,000 | $1,500,000 | |||
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 |
*Future Pain and Suffering | $1,000,000 | $400,000 |