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

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, […]

On October 11, 2023, after more than 10 hours of deliberation, a unanimous Cook County jury awarded $55,500,000 to Shamond Butler for severe and permanent damages he suffered […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Attorney Jack Beam, along with Matthew Patterson, secured a $23.5 million dollar verdict against Presence St. Joseph Hospital, for a brain-damaged child.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

$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 […]

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, […]

A case in which negligent management of labor and delivery, resulting in brain damage to the baby, was settled for $11 million.

On February 10, 2025, after more than 10 hours of deliberation, a Racine County jury awarded a verdict in excess of $10.2 million to Ka’Mya Minor for a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

$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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]