| Attorney Name | Thomas E. Donahue |
| Price | $5,000,000 |
| Case Title | |
| $5,000,000 recovered by 1 year old child for hospital and physicians failure to diagnose and treat dehydration after open heart surgery. | |
| Case Description | |
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In 2006, a case handled by Thomas E. Donahue was settled for $5,000,000. This case involved severe and permanent brain injury to a 6 month old baby who suffered cardio pulmonary arrest in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit following open heart surgery. Investigation revealed that the child became severely dehydrated as a result of the negligence of attending and resident physicians and hospital personnel. The dehydration caused the child to arrest which caused severe and permanent brain injury from oxygen deprivation and required round the clock nursing care. The case was vigorously defended and the defendants retained some of the most qualified experts in the country who testified that the defendants were not negligent and not the cause of the childs arrest and that the child was not, in fact, dehydrated. Despite this testimony from the defense experts, Defendants settled the case prior to trial. The child now has the resources to pay for the medical care he requires. | |
