A Wisconsin family has reached a $22.5 million medical\nmalpractice damage settlement after their 6-week-old son suffered brain damage\nfollowing surgery to correct a birth defect involving his spinal cord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy’s parents, Ramasurreddy and Neeraja Mallidi, of Fitchburg,\nWisc., had taken their infant son to the University Of Wisconsin Health System’s\nAmerican Family Children’s Hospital to correct\na tethered spinal cord<\/a>, in which the boy’s spinal cord was stuck to\nsurrounding tissue, according to an April 25 story in the Wisconsin State Journal.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The surgery corrected the birth defect, but\nthe child, Venkatasathvik Mallidi,\nwho is now three years old, suffered permanent brain damage due to problems\nwith the anesthesia administered during the surgery by a hospital resident, the\nstory reported. The anesthesia issues resulted in oxygen deprivation during the\nprocedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The family sued the hospital and the resident,\nDr. Michael Chalifoux, who was completing his last year of residency in\nanesthesia at the time, alleging that Chalifoux “failed to react appropriately\nto prolonged low blood pressure readings” for the patient, the story states.\nThe suit was filed in Dane County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child is blind, can’t walk or speak and\nwill likely function permanently at the level of a 2-year-old due to his\ninjuries, according to the family’s attorney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The settlement is being paid by Wisconsin’s Injured\nPatients and Families Compensation Fund, the story states. The state oversees\nthe fund, which covers malpractice payments of more than $1 million for all\ndoctors in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of the $22.5 million is being placed into\ntwo accounts for the child’s long-term care, with nearly $1.9 million going to\nhis parents and $4.5 million to the family’s attorneys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Legal cases like this one occur around the\nnation every day and are examples of similar kinds of medical malpractice or\npersonal injury cases that MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> attorneys regularly\nwork on tirelessly for our own clients. Often, we are not able to discuss the\ncases we are actively working on due to confidentiality requirements, so\nwe discuss other relevant cases in the news such as this one to illustrate the\nlegal situations people find themselves in every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you need a medical malpractice or personal injury\nlawyer<\/a>, we here at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> stand ready to assist\nyou with your legal case if you or a loved one is ever seriously injured in any\nkind of medical procedure, car crash, slip and fall, workplace injury or\nwrongful death in Philadelphia or anywhere in the United States. We pledge to\nmake sure that you and your family get the compassionate, dogged and experienced\nlegal representation that you deserve and expect from a professional legal team\nwhich works hard to uncover every fact to bolster your case and maximize your\ndamage award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We represent the families of victims who die\nin such tragedies as well, to ensure that their families receive every penny of\ndamages that they are eligible to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk to a Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney\nat MyPhillyLawyer<\/em><\/a> by calling 215-227-2727 or\ntoll-free at 1-(866) 352-4572 anytime and our experienced,\ncompassionate, aggressive team of attorneys and support staff will be there for\nyou and your family every step of the way as we manage your case through the\nlegal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n