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25-Year-Old Wins $43 Million For Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury At Bellevue

In 1984, Tiffany Busone was born at the Bellevue Women's Hospital in Niskayuna, New York. However, the usually joyful occasion was colored by a terrible tragedy - Busone suffered from severe cerebral palsy that would affect her for the rest of her life. Three years later, her parents filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor in charge of the girl's birth and settle out of court. This year, the now-25-year-old woman won $43 million in past and future damages against the hospital in a New York birth malpractice lawsuit.

The NYC medical malpractice lawsuit put forth that the hospital incorrectly incubated and resuscitated the already-injured baby, causing her further oxygen deprivation and permanent brain damage. Today the young woman is wheelchair bound and requires daily care. She will also be prevented from earning a living like she might have if she had not been injured as an infant.

The $43 million in medical malpractice damages included money for past and future pain and suffering, past and future medical costs, home health care, and lost earnings. The case was deliberated by a Saratoga County jury - more than 20 years after Busone's mother brought the original case to court. Busone, despite her crippling disability, recently completed her undergraduate degree.

About five percent of cerebral palsy suffers have the condition as the result of a birth injury. There is no known cure for the debilitating motor condition.

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