A Michigan jury awarded a 15 year-old girl $144 million for permanent injuries she suffered during birth.

The teenager’s mother filed the lawsuit in 2006 on behalf of her daughter. She believes the hospital and her delivering doctor were negligent in failing to deliver her daughter via Caesarian section and that her natural birth caused her child to suffer hemorrhaging, a fractured clavicle, and severe brain trauma.

After three days of deliberation, the jury came back with the $144 million verdict, which will be used to pay for the girl’s continuous care for the next 77 years. The hospital has said it plans on repealing the verdict, stating it believes it was a genetic condition that caused her injuries.

If your child has suffered a birth injury as the result of a negligent or incompetent physician’s actions, contact the New Jersey birth injury lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. today at 800-346-5529.