$1.05 Million Verdict for Erb’s Palsy Injury

• Date: Fall/Winter 2003
• Attorney: David Fried
• Settlement: $1.05 Million
• Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Labor & Delivery, Shoulder Dystocia, Erb’s Palsy, Birth Injury, Brachial Plexus

David Fried, a principal of the firm, won a $1 million verdict from a Middlesex County jury on behalf of a six-and-a-half-year-old boy who was born with an Erb’s Palsy injury to the right arm. The delivery, which involved a shoulder dystocia, was videotaped by the family. The videotape conclusively proved that the delivering obstetrician utilized excessive downward traction on the baby’s head at the time one of the shoulder’s became stuck at delivery, and, caused a permanent injury to the boy’s brachial plexus.