Medical Negligence

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

(Parties cannont be revealed)

Medical Negligence

Cerebral Palsy – Birth Injury, case against doctors and hospital in the St. Louis area.

SECTION 1 – Immediate Cash

Cash Payment: $606,822

SECTION 2 – Lifetime Monthly Income

Begining in 1 month

$3,350/month ($40,200/year)

Guarenteed until age 25

(Last Payment – 08/01/2020)

Beginning on 09/01/2020

$8000/month ($96,000/year) for life compounding annually at 3%

Subtotal: $10,828,500.00

SECTION 3 – Guaranteed Lump Sum Payments

Payable on 08/30/2020 (Age 25) – $25,000

Payable on 08/30/2025 (Age 30) – $50,000

Payable on 08/30/2030 (Age 35) – $75,000

Payable on 08/30/2035 (Age 40) – $150,000

Payable on 08/30/2040 (Age 45) – $250,000

Subtotal: $250,000

Total Projected Benefit: $12,792,672

GUARNTEED PAYMENTS

SECTION 1: $606,822

SECTION 2: $807,350

SECTION 3: $550,00

TOTAL: $1,964,172

Comments:  This settlement ensured the care of the child for the child’s lifetime.  The case involved the failure perform a caesarean or c-section in a timely manner when there was clinical and fetal heart monitor evidence of fetal distress.  See our blog on Emergency Caesarean Sections.