Attorney Jesse M. Reiter's Legal Cases

Birth injury

$6.159 Million for Infant with Cerebral Palsy from Vacuum Extractor Injury

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OUTCOME: $6.159 Million Verdict

This case involved a child with physical and mental disabilities from cerebral palsy. Plaintiff went to the hospital while in labor. An experienced nurse handled the birth. The mother was dilated to 9. ... 5 cm for two hours. Although the mother was not fully dilated, the baby was delivered. However, near the time of delivery the child suffered a stroke, resulting in mild hemiparesis (paralysis on one side of the body) and cerebral palsy. The plaintiff claimed that the stroke was the result of pushing before complete dilation and the use of a vacuum and that a C-section would have prevented injury. The child now requires surgeries and may have a learning disability.

Birth injury

$2.1 Million: Failure to Prevent Early Labor Results in Cognitive Impairments and Cerebral Palsy

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OUTCOME: $2.1 Million Settlement

In this case, a mother went into premature labor with twins. Medical professionals administered magnesium sulfate in order to prevent early labor and steroids to hasten fetal lung development. The moth ... er was sent home, but came back to the hospital after experiencing a fall at home. Medical professionals examined the mother and failed to find any medical issues, but the mother came back to the hospital fully dilated and in labor a couple hours later. Ultimately, the failure to prevent early labor resulted in cognitive impairments and cerebral palsy in the twins.

Birth injury

$2.225 Million: Failure to Offer C-Section Leads to Birth Trauma and HIE with Resultant Erb’s Palsy and Cerebral Palsy

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OUTCOME: $2.225 Million Settlement

In this case, a mother with gestational diabetes had her baby’s weight estimated at 8 pounds the week before delivery. Even though medical professionals anticipated a large (macrosomic) baby, they did ... not provide the mother with the option of having a C-section delivery. The infant was born at 11 pounds and suffered shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery. After being stuck in the birth canal for four minutes, the baby suffered brain damage, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and birth trauma. The birth injuries resulted in Erb’s palsy and cerebral palsy.

Birth injury

$2.25 Million: Failure to Stop Preterm Labor Leads to a Delayed C-Section and HIE with Resultant Cerebral Palsy and I/DD

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OUTCOME: $2.25 Million Settlement

In this case, a mother of twins at risk for preterm labor visited the emergency room on two occasions during her final trimester. The mother was sent home on the first visit but was admitted for fetal ... monitoring on the second. Problematic fetal heart tracings necessitated an emergency C-section delivery—it is the standard of care to perform an emergency C-section within 30 minutes of ordering it, but medical professionals waited an hour and forty minutes to begin the operation. During this time, the twins experiences hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with resultant brain damage, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays.

Birth injury

$5.9 Million: Failure to Diagnose and Treat Jaundice (Hyperbilirubinemia) Leads to Kernicterus with Resultant Cerebral Palsy

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OUTCOME: $5.9 Million Settlement

In this case, the child was born with jaundice, a common infant medical condition marked by high levels of bilirubin. Medical professionals failed to diagnose and properly treat the baby’s case of jaun ... dice, and the baby ultimately developed kernicterus. Kernicterus is a condition in which the buildup of bilirubin enters a baby’s brain tissue and causes permanent brain damage. Jaundice is a common, easily cured infant health condition, and it is always considered medical malpractice when medical professionals let it escalate to kernicterus.

Birth injury

$6.9 Million for a Child with Cerebral Palsy from Delayed C-Section

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OUTCOME: $6.9 Million Settlement

A young mother arrived at the hospital in labor. Residents and nurses watched as the fetal heart monitor showed the baby’s condition deteriorating over 12 hours, with obvious signs of fetal distress. W ... hen the attending doctor finally arrived at the hospital, she chastised the resident physician in front of the mother for not notifying her sooner. The baby was delivered by emergency C-section but it was too late. The baby had been deprived of oxygen for too long and had suffered permanent brain damage. Shortly after birth, the child was diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE / birth asphyxia) and birth anoxia (lack of oxygen to tissues or organs), which caused cerebral palsy.

Birth injury

$3.75 Million Settlement for a Child with Cognitive Impairments, Developmental Delays and Cerebral Palsy

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OUTCOME: $3.75 Million Settlement

Throughout her pregnancy, a woman missed several of her appointments with the doctor. Late in her pregnancy, she complained that the baby wasn’t moving as much. Testing on the day of delivery showed ... that the baby wasn’t moving as much, but everything else seemed normal. Doctors induced her labor, but neither the mother nor the baby responded well to the drugs used and the baby was having problems with her heart rate. The baby suffered loss of oxygen during labor and was diagnosed with a brain bleed. Now 10 years old, she is mentally retarded , developmentally delayed, and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Plaintiff-attorneys asserted that because the baby was having problems during labor, doctors should have performed a C-section earlier in the day. Defendant-attorneys’ position was that the minor’s brain damage and developmental delays are genetic or caused by events before her birth. Case settled five weeks before trial for 3.75 million.

Birth injury

$4.75 Million: Failure to Diagnose Preeclampsia and Perform C-Section Leads to HIE, Brain Damage, Cerebral Palsy and I/DD

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OUTCOME: $4.75 Million Settlement

In this case, a mother beyond her due date exhibited signs of high blood pressure, fetal distress, and fetal oxygen deprivation, so she went to the hospital and expressed feelings of cramping and pain. ... She communicated to hospital staff that she was in labor, but after running an ultrasound and fetal heart rate assessment, she was sent home without being seen by a physician or resident. When the mother came back five days later, her baby had a significantly diminished heart rate and was delivered via emergency C-section. After delivery, the mother was diagnosed with preeclampsia and her son was born with low Apgar scores, extremely acidic blood, brain damage, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and resultant cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, and developmental delays. Had medical professionals diagnosed preeclampsia and performed a C-section delivery at the time mandated by the standard of care, the boy could have been born without lifelong disabilities.

Jesse M. Reiter's Legal Cases (38)

$6.159 Million for Infant with Cerebral Palsy from Vacuum Extractor Injury

$2.1 Million: Failure to Prevent Early Labor Results in Cognitive Impairments and Cerebral Palsy

$2.225 Million: Failure to Offer C-Section Leads to Birth Trauma and HIE with Resultant Erb’s Palsy and Cerebral Palsy

$2.25 Million: Failure to Stop Preterm Labor Leads to a Delayed C-Section and HIE with Resultant Cerebral Palsy and I/DD

$5.9 Million: Failure to Diagnose and Treat Jaundice (Hyperbilirubinemia) Leads to Kernicterus with Resultant Cerebral Palsy

$6.9 Million for a Child with Cerebral Palsy from Delayed C-Section

$3.75 Million Settlement for a Child with Cognitive Impairments, Developmental Delays and Cerebral Palsy

$4.75 Million: Failure to Diagnose Preeclampsia and Perform C-Section Leads to HIE, Brain Damage, Cerebral Palsy and I/DD