Family settles birth injury suit for $29M near end of trial

By Grace Barbic gbarbic@lawbulletinmedia.com

Posted January 4, 2024 12:13 PM

The family of a now 11-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy as a result of an allegedly delayed cesarean section accepted a $29 million settlement before closing arguments in a three-week trial in Cook County.Kametta Coakley, mother and next friend of Kamiya Coakley-Pearson, was admitted to the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center for back and abdominal pain and a fever on Aug. 7, 2012.She was admitted to the same hospital again on Aug. 10, 2012, one day after she was discharged, with similar complaints.Coakley …

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