Verdicts and Settlements
$42 Million (Judgment)
birth injury & cerebral palsy
$21 Million Verdict (FTCA Claim)
birth injury & HIE
$16 Million ($9 Million)
cerebral palsy & HIE
$16 Million ($4.75 Million)
cerebral palsy
$15.7 Million ($5 Million)
cerebral palsy
$14.6 Million ($3.9 Million)
Brain injury
$11.8 Million ($4.75 Million)
cerebral palsy
$11.3 Million ($5.85 Million)
Brain Injury
$11 Million ($4.35 Million)
Brain damage
$10 Million (5.365 Million)
birth injury
$9.4 Million ($3.75 Million)
cerebral palsy & Birth Asphyxia
$9 Million ($3.85 Million)
cerebral palsy & HIE
$8.7 Million ($3.5 Million)
Delayed delivery
$8.5 Million ($3.9 Million)
cerebral palsy & HIE
$8.3 Million ($3.6375 Million)
cerebral palsy
$8.3 Million ($1.3 Million)
cerebral palsy
$7.5 Million Settlement
Birth Injury
$6.9 Million
Delayed delivery & HIE
$6.8 Million ($3.75 Million)
cognitive defects
$6.6 Million ($3.5 Million)
breech presentation
$6.3 Million ($2.25 Million)
cerebral palsy
$6.159 Million Verdict
HIE & Stroke
$5.9 Million
Cerebral palsy
$5.7 Million ($2.05 Million)
Cerebral palsy & HIE
$5.6 Million
HIE, Seizure Disorders, & Developmental Delays
$5 Million
Maternal Infection & Cerebral Palsy
$4.7 Million ($987,500)
birth injury & HIE
$4.6 Million ($2.75 Million)
Birth Injury & HIE
$4.5 Million
cerebral palsy
$4.2 Million ($1.625 Million)
birth injury
$4.2 Million ($1.125 Million)
Cerebral palsy
$3.5 Million
placental abruption
$3.2 Million ($1.875 Million)
birth injury
$2.9 Million ($1.1 Million)
Birth trauma
$2.65 Million
birth injury
$2.225 Million
cerebral palsy & Birth Asphyxia
$2.1 Million
cerebral palsy
$1.995 Million
developmental delays
$1.95 Million
Cerebral palsy
$1.825 Million
birth trauma
$1.55 Million
Cerebral palsy
$1.485 Million
birth injury
$1.1 Million
birth injury
$1 Million ($550,000)
birth injury
Awards and Memberships
ABC Law Centers (Reiter & Walsh, P.C.) Secures Largest Birth Injury Settlement in Michigan for 2020 ($11 Million)
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Brigitta BurguessThe birth injury attorneys at ABC Law Centers (Reiter & Walsh, PC) obtained the largest birth injury, medical malpractice settlement in Michigan in 2020, according to Michigan Lawyers Weekly (1). The $11 million settlement occurred early on in litigation for a baby who allegedly suffered confidential damages during neonatal care. The keys to Reiter &…
Michigan Vaccine Eligibility Expansion Helps Caregivers
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Brigitta BurguessMichigan Vaccine Eligibility Expansion Helps Caregivers of Children with Disabilities On March 3, Michigan leaders updated the Michigan COVID-19 Vaccination Interim Prioritization Guidance document to allow for two additional groups to sign up for vaccines after March 8, 2021. These include: Citizens over 50 with medical conditions and/or disabilities. Caregivers age 16 and older of…
Jesse Reiter Renews Commitment to Reiter HIE Research Fund
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Brigitta BurguessABC Law Centers owner and managing partner, Jesse Reiter, is excited to commit to three more years of financing the Reiter HIE Research Fund. This fund supports the research of Dr. John Donald E. Barks, who is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Director of the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the…
Experts Advise Against Home Birth, Even During a Pandemic
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Brigitta BurguessThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has devoted countless resources to ongoing research regarding the effects of the novel Coronavirus on pregnancy, and vice versa. Even in light of these efforts, much remains unknown about pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic (1). One area experts have recently weighed in on is the increased interest in home…
Preventable Pregnancy-Related Deaths Report Released
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Brigitta BurguessThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a recent summary of pregnancy-related deaths from 2008-2017 (1). The data summarized was voluntarily given to the CDC by 14 Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) across the country. In an effort to understand the incidence of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S., these committees reported a vast amount…