$1,000,000,000 
Over One Billion Recovered 
for Families Like Yours

Birth injuries that are the result of negligence must be carefully addressed by a legal professional that has a great depth of experience and knowledge. Our firm is known for being relentless in seeking justice and fair compensation for our clients. In just one case, our firm was able to secure a verdict of $144 million.

  • $144,585,020
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Verdict
    In 2011, Beam Legal Team achieved one of the highest birth injury verdicts in American history. A jury in Detroit found that the labor and delivery nurses, obstetrician, and residents committed several negligent acts during both the prenatal and ...
  • $97,400,000
    • Birth Trauma
    • Verdict
    Attorney Jack Beam and Attorney Matt Patterson of Beam Legal Team, LLC in Chicago secured a $97.4 million verdict in a birth trauma lawsuit. The case unfolded in an Iowa City court, and the verdict was the largest of its kind in Iowa state history. ...
  • $53,000,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Verdict
    A jury has rejected the “unknown infection” argument presented by the defense and awarded more than $50 million to the Ewing family after a birth injury caused Isaiah Ewing’s cerebral palsy. In 2004, Lisa Ewing went to the hospital after noticing her ...
  • $31,600,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Verdict
    A Midland Jury, sitting in the courtroom of Hon. Stephen Carras awarded a verdict against Mid-Michigan Medical Center in the amount of $31,600,000.00, on behalf of a brain-damaged child. Kendall Berthiaume was born on December 20, 2018. The Fetal ...
  • $30,000,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Verdict
    In Cleveland, Ohio, Beam Legal Team won a record $30 million for a brain damaged 17-year-old boy. A Cuyahoga County jury found that the obstetrician, along with the now defunct hospital, were negligent in neglecting to deliver baby Walter Hollins ...
  • $26,000,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Verdict
    Beam Legal Team secured a $26 million verdict for Ryan Taylor, an infant whose hypoglycemia went undiagnosed and untreated. In this case, the doctors and hospital in Washington County, Pennsylvania, violated their own policies and procedures, which ...
  • $23,500,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Verdict
    Attorney Jack Beam, along with Matthew Patterson, secured a $23.5 million dollar verdict against Presence St. Joseph Hospital, for a brain-damaged child.
  • $21,000,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    Attorneys Jack Beam and Matthew Patterson of the Chicago law firm Beam Legal Team, LLC achieved a global $21 million settlement on behalf of Alayna Hike, a three-year-old child with severe brain damage she suffered during her delivery at a Suburban ...
  • $20,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Verdict
    Beam Legal Team obtained a $20 million verdict against Detroit Medical Center and Hutzel Hospital for negligently discharging a laboring mother despite the fact that she was about to give birth, thus depriving the minor child of medical attention for ...
  • $19,025,000
    • Obstetrical Malpractice
    • Verdict
    The tragic death of a 10-month-old baby, Darone Bush, has resulted in a record verdict of non-economic damages for wrongful death caused by obstetrical malpractice during labor and delivery. Beam Legal Team, LLC announced last week that a Cook County ...
  • $17,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Verdict
    Like Markell, Ryan, and Walter, Marissa Pochron is a very special child. She, too, is an extraordinary survivor. The malpractice committed against sweet Marissa occurred both before and after birth. The obstetrician should have delivered Marissa via ...
  • $15,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    In this Cook County, Illinois case, the Defendant hospital failed to recognize the warning signs of fetal distress during a two-day induction of a young mother. Due to the hospital’s overuse of Pitocin during the labor and delivery and their failure ...
  • $13,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    $13 million was received in settlement of a case in which the residents’ and nurses’ lack of skill and care interpreting the fetal heart rate monitor caused delay in delivery, and, thereafter, permanent damage to the unborn baby.
  • $11,000,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    For a significant period of time, doctors and nurses confused the mother’s heartrate for the baby’s, and, therefore, failed to recognize significant fetal distress, leading to brain damage, cerebral palsy, and the need for lifetime attendant care. ...
  • $11,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    A case in which negligent management of labor and delivery, resulting in brain damage to the baby, was settled for $11 million.
  • $9,500,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    When a depressed newborn was delivered and needed resuscitation, the hospital failed to properly intubate, resulting in a lack of oxygen, seizures, and brain damage. Beam Legal Team settled this case for $9.5 million.
  • $9,350,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    This Minnesota case, in which doctors’ and residents’ failure to deliver an infant despite protracted labor, tachysystole, and hours of non-reassuring fetal heart rate tones, resulting in cerebral palsy and permanent brain damage, settled for $9.35 m ...
  • $8,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Beam Legal Team procured a settlement against Wayne County Jail for failing to implement, adopt, and/or tolerate customs, practices, policies, and/or procedures that deprived the laboring mother and inmate of medical attention for her serious medical ...
  • $8,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    The medical personnel at the defendant hospital allowed the mom and baby to struggle through labor for approximately 48 hours, which should have never happened. Due to non-reassuring fetal heart tracings and the overuse of Pitocin and Cytotec, which ...
  • $8,000,000
    • Induction/Pitocin
    • Settlement
    The baby was delivered on December 22, 2013, after hours of recurrent late decelerations, negligent use of Pitocin, and fetal tachycardia. At the time of delivery, the baby was limp, cyanotic, and with no respiratory effort., The blood gases were ...
  • $7,900,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    Practitioners failed to perform an earlier delivery even though the baby and mother were suffering from a complete placenta previa—a complication in which the placenta is attached too low in the uterus, putting the mother and baby at risk for ...
  • $7,750,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Mom was presented as a high-risk patient with diabetes and other risk factors. Mom had elevated blood pressure, tachysystole, and excessive uterine activity throughout her labor. The doctors administered both Cytotec and Pitocin, which are ...
  • $7,500,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    In light of hospital negligence, inadequate nurse and physician staffing, and failure to interpret the fetal heart rate monitor and delivery of the baby sooner, resulting in cerebral palsy and severe brain damage, the case was settled for $7.5 millio ...
  • $7,000,000
    • Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
    • Settlement
    Failure of a hospital to deliver a baby sooner resulted in a lack of oxygen to the baby, who suffered and continues to suffer from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. This case was settled for $7 million.
  • $7,000,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    Negligence by the physicians and nurses during the prenatal and post-delivery periods resulted in cerebral palsy and brain damage. This case was settled for $7 million.
  • $6,950,000
    • Induction/Pitocin
    • Settlement
    Pitocin was administered to induce pregnancy. Mom suffered a severe blood pressure increase during labor. Pitocin was used despite tachysystole and decelerations. Vacuum-assisted delivery was performed, and the baby was born severely depressed. ...
  • $6,880,000
    • Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
    • Settlement
    The baby was delivered on March 31, 2014, via emergency cesarean due to recurrent late decelerations and minimal variability Experts concluded that multiple staff members failed to identify the obvious signs of fetal distress and that the child ...
  • $6,875,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    $6.875 million settlement in Wayne County, Michigan for a child who suffered brain damage after medical staff failed to perform an emergency C-section hours earlier when they should have detected fetal distress. As a result of the lack of oxygen to ...
  • $6,500,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    Failure of a hospital to deliver a baby soon enough resulted in a lack of oxygen and cerebral palsy. In this case, Beam Legal Team obtained a settlement of $6.5 million.
  • $5,850,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    When an improperly placed epidural caused Mother’s heart to stop, the baby was deprived of oxygen and was brain damaged. This case settled for $5.85 million.
  • $5,700,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    Failure of a hospital to deliver a baby earlier caused a lack of oxygen. The baby now suffers from cerebral palsy. This case was settled for $5.7 million.
  • $5,500,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Mother was experiencing gestational hypertension. Medical staff failed to advocate for an earlier delivery based on the baby’s extended periods of non-reassuring fetal heart rates. There were prolonged, arrested labor signs of fetal distress on the ...
  • $5,500,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Doctors failed to monitor the mother days prior to delivery and determine that her membranes were in fact leaking. Rather than keeping the mother at the hospital for further management, she was discharged home and doctors did not rule out the onset ...
  • $5,400,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    After doctors failed to deliver the baby sooner, after meconium aspiration, this baby was born via “emergency” C-section and now suffers from cerebral palsy. This case settled for $5.4 million.
  • $5,250,000
    • Induction/Pitocin
    • Settlement
    When doctors prematurely ruptured a mother’s amniotic membrane, and incorrectly administered Pitocin, a baby was born bruised and brain-damaged. Beam Legal Team settled this case for $5.25 million.
  • $4,980,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    The baby was delivered on June 6, 2014, after hours of decelerations and diminished variability. Experts concluded that the child should have qualified for an earlier cesarean section after overwhelming signs of fetal distress and intrapartum ...
  • $4,850,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Mom was presented as a high-risk patient due to preeclampsia, obesity, and excessively frequent and strong contractions. The medical staff failed to monitor the mom and baby. The doctors administered Pitocin to induce delivery despite the baby being ...
  • $4,750,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    When the misapplication of a vacuum device to a baby’s head significantly contributed to a skull fracture and brain trauma at birth, the baby was born severely brain damaged. This case was settled for $4.75 million.
  • $4,500,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    A young girl’s cerebral palsy was caused when her mother was administered excessive Pitocin to induce her labor and delivery. This case settled for $4.5 million.
  • $4,500,000
    • Induction/Pitocin
    • Settlement
    The medical staff failed to recognize signs that the baby was not tolerating labor and should have called a C-section 4.5 hours before it was finally performed. The medical staff was negligent by continuing to increase the dose of Pitocin in the face ...
  • $4,300,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    Jane Doe was born via emergency C-section after multiple intrapartum complications: fetal heart rate abnormalities, arrest of descent, attempted use of forceps, and failed vacuum extraction, including two pop-offs. Jane Doe was born with not only ...
  • $4,000,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    The medical staff failed to adequately monitor the baby. Despite recurrent tachysystole, or contractions occurring too frequently, the doctors and nurses continued to give mom Pitocin, a drug that increases the strength and frequency of contractions. ...
  • $3,750,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    A newborn stopped breathing at eight hours of life, and it took several minutes for nurses to recognize the problem. When they finally did, she was blue. She now suffers from cerebral palsy. The case was settled for $3.75 million.
  • $3,000,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    Failure to recognize decelerations of the baby’s heart on the fetal heart rate monitor and deliver sooner resulted in cerebral palsy and brain damage. This case was also settled for $3 million.
  • $3,000,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    An improper amniotomy and delayed Caesarian section caused a baby’s cerebral palsy and brain damage. Beam and Raymond settled this case for $3 million.
  • $3,000,000
    • Brain Injury
    • Settlement
    Baby’s mother had a placenta previa, recognizable on ultrasound, but it was not diagnosed by her obstetrician, leading to injuries at birth with seizures. MRI imaging confirmed anoxic brain injury. This case was settled for $3 million.
  • $2,900,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    When nurses elected to discharge a mother whose baby was in fetal distress, rather than effectively notify the attending physician or treat the condition, the baby was born with hypoxia-ischemia and seizures. She now suffers from cerebral palsy. Beam ...
  • $1,500,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Beam Legal Team brought suit for a baby who was a military-dependent, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for injuries sustained at birth in a military hospital. This case was settled for $1.5 million.
  • $1,500,000
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Settlement
    A mother, who also happened to be a registered nurse, gave birth to a full-term infant, following fetal distress and need for resuscitation, which failures of care led to cerebral palsy and permanent brain damage. It was medical negligence not to ...
  • $1,300,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    Nurses’ and residents’ lack of skill and care in interpreting the fetal heart rate monitoring, caused a delay in delivery and brain damage to the newborn baby. Beam Legal Team settled this case for $1.3 million.
  • $850,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    The hospital failed to deliver a baby earlier, resulting in birth injuries leading to death. This case was settled for $850,000.
  • $750,000
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Settlement
    In Wisconsin, a paraplegic suffered further complications from a defective surgical product, resulting in quadriparesis. This case settled for $750,000.

*Of industrialized nations of the world, the U.S. ranks among the highest in maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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