Our Case Results | Birth Injury Verdicts & Settlements

From our home base near Detroit, Michigan, the attorneys at ABC Law Centers (Reiter & Walsh, P.C.) handle cases across Michigan and throughout the United States. Our award-winning birth injury attorneys and medical experts are among the top in the nation, earning our place on the Michigan Lawyers Weekly‘s annual survey of “Million-Dollar Verdicts & Settlements.” We will tirelessly fight to obtain the compensation your family deserves, and no fees are paid to our firm until we win your case. The following birth injury and cerebral palsy case results are just a few of the multi-million dollar outcomes attained by our team.

How we calculate settlements & verdicts

Below, you’ll see our cases split into separate sections for verdicts and settlements. A verdict is a decision made by a jury or trial on a given case. A settlement is the formal resolution of a lawsuit between disputing parties that takes place without proceeding to a final court judgment. The first sum listed is the total value of the settlement or verdict plus the expected yield of the annuity chosen. This is the maximum value of the settlement or verdict, because it takes into account the value of the annuity as it increases over time. The second value is the total value of the settlement or verdict (which includes the cost of the annuity, costs and attorney fees, medical liens, and the value put into a special needs trust).

To see a detailed explanation of what the below numbers mean, please visit our page on how we calculate our verdicts and settlements.


Birth Injury Verdicts and Settlements


$42 Million (Judgment)birth injury & cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy, brain damage, developmental delays, and learning disabilities from mismanaged maternal infection

$17.95 MillionHIE

The hospital system did not deliver in time for a baby not getting enough oxygen resulting in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

$16 Million ($9 Million)cerebral palsy & HIE

Cerebral palsy due to mismanaged uterine rupture and untimely delivery

$16 Million ($4.75 Million)cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy due to delayed C-section / failure of medical professionals to respond to fetal distress

$15.7 Million ($5 Million)cerebral palsy

Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) & cerebral palsy caused by failure to properly monitor premature baby and act on signs of brain dysfunction and impending respiratory failure

$14.6 Million ($3.9 Million)Brain injury

Brain injury, mild cerebral palsy from failure to order c-section in a face presentation birth and improper fetal monitoring

$11.8 Million ($4.75 Million)cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and developmental delays due to misdiagnosis of  fetal age, and failure to recognize and manage preeclampsia and fetal distress; delayed cesarean section

$11.3 Million ($5.85 Million) Brain Injury

Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, speech and motor delays due to failure to treat jaundice and elevated bilirubin in a timely manner

$11 Million ($4.35 Million)Brain damage

Brain damage, hypotonic non-spastic cerebral palsy, developmental delays and cognitive deficits from excessive and improper ventilation during the neonatal period

$11 Million Birth injury

The birth injury attorneys at Reiter & Walsh, PC obtained an $11 million settlement early on in litigation for a baby who allegedly suffered damages during neonatal care. The keys to Reiter & Walsh’s successful early resolution involves teamwork and focus groups. A group approach maximizes results for our clients. Using focus groups helps to simplify very complex cases and narrow the issues

$10 Million (5.365 Million)birth injury

Confidential birth injury case

$9.4 Million ($3.75 Million)cerebral palsy & Birth Asphyxia

Cerebral palsy, cognitive defects and developmental delays from birth asphyxia due to failure to order c-section delivery and incorrect administration of Cytotec

$9 Million ($3.85 Million)cerebral palsy & HIE

Cerebral palsy from HIE caused by failure to act when signs of IUGR, chronic oxygen deprivation and fetal distress were present; delayed c-section delivery

$9 MillionHIE

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to failure to admit patient and deliver the baby at the appropriate time. Delay resulted in HIE alongside physical and cognitive impairments.

$8.7 Million ($3.5 Million)Delayed delivery

Delayed delivery and the failure to treat maternal infection leads to cerebral palsy, permanent brain damage, physical disabilities and cognitive impairments

$8.5 Million ($3.9 Million)cerebral palsy & HIE

Cerebral palsy and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) caused by delayed c-section delivery when fetal distress was present

$8.3 Million ($3.6375 Million) cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy and developmental delays from ignored fetal distress and forceps trauma

$8.3 Million ($1.3 Million) cerebral palsy

Misdiagnosis of bacterial infection resulting in cognitive deficits and cerebral palsy

$8 Million cerebral palsy & HIE

HIE and CP due to hospital not recognizing that baby was not getting enough oxygen on fetal monitor and delivering in time.

$7.5 Millionneonatal injury

Neonatal injury causing major organ damage.

$7 MillionHIE

Hospital failed to timely monitor and deliver a baby born extremely premature with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

$6.975 Million HIE & IUGR

HIE and IUGR resulting from medical malpractice due to a failure to perform a timely delivery

$6.9 Million Delayed delivery & HIE

Cerebral palsy from HIE caused by delayed cesarean section delivery when fetal distress was present

$6.8 Million ($3.75 Million) cognitive defects

Cerebral palsy and cognitive defects due to delayed C-section, ill-advised VBAC

$6.6 Million ($3.5 Million) breech presentation

Mismanagement of a baby in breech presentation causes cerebral palsy and permanent disabilities

$6.3 Million ($2.25 Million)cerebral palsy

Twins with cerebral palsy and developmental problems due to delayed emergency c-section

$6.159 Million VerdictHIE & Stroke

Cerebral palsy from cord wrapped around baby’s neck (nuchal cord), stroke, lack of oxygen in baby’s brain, vacuum extractor injury and delayed C-section

$5.9 Million Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy from kernicterus caused by delayed diagnosis and treatment of hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice)

$5.7 Million ($2.05 Million)Cerebral palsy & HIE

One twin with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy resulting in mild cerebral palsy, developmental delays.

$5.6 MillionHIE, Seizure Disorders, & Developmental Delays

HIE, seizure disorders, and developmental delays from failure to perform timely delivery, resuscitation, and transfer to a tertiary care center.

$5 Million Maternal Infection & Cerebral Palsy

Untreated maternal infection led to mild to moderate cognitive delays, learning disabilities and cerebral palsy

$4.7 Million ($987,500)birth injury & HIE

Severe fetal distress and hypoxic injury led to hemiparesis and cognitive delay

$4.6 Million ($2.75 Million)Birth Injury & HIE

Delayed delivery causes hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), developmental delays, cognitive impairments, seizures and permanent brain damage

$4.5 Millioncerebral palsy

Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy caused by overventilation

$4.2 Million ($1.625 Million)birth injury

Confidential birth injury case

$4.2 Million ($1.125 Million)Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy and seizure disorder from improper use of vacuum

$3.5 Millionplacental abruption

Twins with cerebral palsy and cognitive impairments due to undiagnosed and untreated chronic vessel disease in mother leading to placental abruption

$3.2 Million ($1.875 Million) birth injury

Confidential birth injury case

$2.9 Million ($1.1 Million)Birth trauma

Birth trauma and neonatal hypoglycemia resulting in severe cognitive disabilities

$2.65 Millionbirth injury

Confidential birth injury case

$2.45 MillionHIE, Cerebral Palsy, and Delays

HIE, cerebral palsy, seizures, and developmental delays

$2.225 Millioncerebral palsy & Birth Asphyxia

Erb’s palsy, cerebral palsy from birth asphyxia, failure to deliver high birth weight baby via c-section

$2.1 Millioncerebral palsy

Twins with cerebral palsy and cognitive deficits from failure to avert preterm labor

$1.995 Milliondevelopmental delays

Mild developmental delays, hemiparesis and seizures from from spinal meningitis not timely treated

$1.95 MillionCerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy and developmental delays from failure to follow-up on decreased amniotic fluid levels and delayed emergency c-section

$1.825 Millionbirth trauma

Developmental delays due to heart rate deceleration, Pitocin overuse, and birth trauma

$1.55 MillionCerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy from overventilation after birth and hypocarbia

$1.485 Millionbirth injury

Confidential birth injury case

$1.1 Millionbirth injury

Confidential birth injury case

$1 Million ($550,000)birth injury

Confidential birth injury case

Confidential SettlementHIE & Developmental Delays

HIE and developmental delays from failure to perform a timely C-section delivery and recognize arrest of labor and non-reassuring fetal monitoring strips.

Past results are no guarantee of future results. Every case is different and must be judged on its own merits.


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