$ 16,150,000.00 medical malpractice recovery for a 6-month-old female

$16,150,000.00 partial recovery on behalf of a 6-month-old female who was born with a birth syndrome characterized by abnormal positioning of abdominal organs. Many children born with this syndrome do not have a properly functioning spleen and therefore must be on antibiotics to avoid overwhelming infection. In this case there was a failure to recognize or check for the absence of a functioning spleen. The failure to put the baby on antibiotics, and the failure to alert the parents that children with such a condition must be treated on an emergency basis at the first sign of illness or infection, resulted in the baby developing a severe infectious process. This led to gangrene of her arms and legs. She is now a quadruple amputee, both legs amputated above the knee. her left arm amputated above the wrist, and several finger stumps remaining on her right hand.

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