The medical team failed to meet accepted care standards during Boyd's December 2023 delivery by ignoring fetal distress monitors that showed oxygen deprivation. Rather than performing an emergency C-section, physicians improperly continued administering the labor-inducing drug Pitocin, causing the child to require immediate resuscitation upon birth. Boyd has since launched the Beautiful Blossoming Women Foundation and the Live 4 Lenyx Foundation to aid young expectant mothers and children with disabilities. The multi-million dollar verdict will assist the family in managing Lenyx's lifelong medical complications and therapies.
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Cook County jurors found the attending delivery physicians directly liable for failing to…: Cook County jurors found the attending delivery physicians directly liable for failing to provide standard childbirth care.
The substantial monetary compensation will provide lifelong care and support for the seve…: The substantial monetary compensation will provide lifelong care and support for the severely disabled child.
Teray Boyd established two charitable organizations to assist other young expectant mothe…: Teray Boyd established two charitable organizations to assist other young expectant mothers and children facing complex medical conditions.
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A Cook County jury has awarded
$28 million to a family after their child suffered permanent brain damage during childbirth. The boy's mother, Teray Boyd, alleged that doctors ignored signs of fetal distress during labour and failed to perform an emergency C-section, resulting in severe injuries that will leave her son with lifelong disabilities, FOX 32 Chicago reports.
A medical negligence lawsuit
Teray Boyd’s attorney, Stephen Blecha of Coplan + Crane, said the pregnancy went smoothly, but everything changed when she went into labour in December 2023 at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. The complaint argues that when warning signs emerged during labour, the doctors should have performed an emergency C-section but fell below the accepted standard of care. It says the medical team failed to recognise abnormal fetal heart rate patterns and continued administering Pitocin, a drug used to induce labour, even as warning signs appeared. According to the complaint, no C-section was performed. The mother has sued five doctors who practised at the hospital. The hospital itself was not named as a defendant.
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