$18 Million Settlement for Resulting Brain Damage in Delay in Cesarean Section

Shada Tucker was admitted to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital (Cook County Hospital) to deliver her child. Labor was induced and continued for 16 hours before Tucker underwent an emergency cesarean section. Her newborn son was later diagnosed with having hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and a seizure disorder. Baby Tucker is now 3 years old and suffers from cerebral palsy and severe cognitive deficits requiring 24-hour care.

The Tucker family filed a lawsuit against the hospital, alleging it chose not to perform a timely cesarean section, resulting in respiratory distress and brain damage to Baby Tucker.

The parties settled before a jury trial for $18 million.

The attorneys successfully handling this matter for the Tucker family were Barry D. Goldberg and Ian R. Alexander, both of Chicago, Ill.

Tucker v. John H. Stroger Jr. Hosp., No. 2023L003283 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Cook County)

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling birth injury lawsuits, birth trauma injury lawsuits, cerebral palsy injury lawsuits, and wrongful death cases for individuals, families and loved ones who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 49 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Bolingbrook, Elgin, Aurora, North Barrington, Inverness, Glenview, Riverside, Morton Grove, Oak Lawn, Chicago (Rogers Park, Back of the Yards, Pilsen, Chinatown, Greek Town, Wrigleyville, North Lawndale, Andersonville), Deerfield, Orland Park and Arlington Heights, Ill.

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