Birth Injury Verdicts

Hughes v. Pomona Valley Community Hospital
Improper Use of Forceps during Delivery
Injury: Total Paralysis Below the Neck
Verdict: $460 million 
Los Angeles County

Greenwell v. John Muir Medical Center
Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery
Injury: Cerebral Palsy
Verdict: $59.3 million 
Contra Costa County

Campbell v. Centinela Hospital Medical Center, et al.
Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery
Injuries: Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation
Verdict: $49 million 
Los Angeles County

Nunez v. Ilene Newman, San Jose Medical Group Inc., Regional Medical Center of San Jose
Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery
Injury: Cerebral Palsy
Verdict: $38.2 million 
Santa Clara County

Cuenca v. Mitchell Adler, M.D. and Friendly Hills Medical Group
Failure to Recognize and Treat Fetal Distress
Injuries: Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation
Verdict: $13.05 million
Los Angeles County

Correa v. Sacramento Methodist Hospital, et al.
Uterine Rupture
Injuries: Brain Damage
Verdict: $13 million 
Sacramento County

Novell, et al. v. Community Hospitals of Central California
Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery
Injury: Hypoxic Brain Damage
Verdict: $8.75 million
Fresno County 

Buchlmayer v. Riverside Community Hospital
Viral Encephalitis at Birth
Injury: Brain Damage
Verdict: $3.6 million 
Riverside County

Diken v. Camino Medical Group, et al.
Failure to Perform Timely Cesarean Section
Injuries: Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Delays
Settlement: $1.95 million 
Santa Clara County