California medical malpractice

This California medical malpractice lawsuit involves the Hoops family and their son Cannon. According to the Sacramento Bee, Dorene Hoops was admitted to the University of California Davis Medical Center in 2005 to deliver a baby. However, during the delivery, the baby's fetal monitoring strip showed that he was in severe distress. Doctors failed to appreciate that danger and delivered the child vaginally instead of performing a Cesarian (“C”) section which caused him to suffer permanent neurological and physical injuries. Cannon, now four years old, has learning disabilities and is confined to a wheelchair a great deal of the time when he is not receiving physical therapy.

The Hoops family hired a a California birth injury attorney and filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and the doctors responsible for the delivery. The parties settled the matter for a record $6 million – the largest medical malpractice settlement the University has ever paid. Of that amount, $4 million will be placed into annuities to pay for Cannon's future medical care, $1.75 million will be paid immediately and another $250,000 will be paid to his parents to waive future a California wrongful death lawsuit in case Cannon does not survive.

Birth injury lawsuits are unique

A birth injury lawsuit is a unique type of medical negligence claim; as such, they are often more expensive and many take longer to resolve than a typical medical malpractice lawsuit. The costs and time frames involved in a California birth injury lawsuit will be different in every case depending upon the facts and circumstances of the situation. However, an experienced birth injury lawyer can analyze your situation, explain what options you have and provide answers to all your legal questions.