CASE REPORT
(STTT K/101) (12B) CONFIDENTIAL
Brandon Wall, Abby Wall v Dr. Luke Leutkemeyer, Midwest Orthpaedic Center S.C. 19L-19 Tried Jan. 9-18, 2023
SETTLEMENT: $18,250,000 (IL, Du Page 18th Jud Cir)
PLTF ATTY(S): Matthew M. Patterson of Beam Legal Team (Chicago, IL)
Matthew M. Patterson Matthew focuses his practice on obstetri- cal and neonatal hospital, physician, and nursing negligence cases. He has secured numerous verdicts on behalf of injured children and families to ensure they have the resources needed for the lifetime care of that child and hold caregivers account- able for negligent treatment during birth. In the last three years alone, Matthew has obtained verdicts of $19 million for the wrongful death of a child injured at birth, $31 million in a rural Michigan county where there had never been a malpractice verdict in favor of a plaintiff, and $55.5 million and $10.2 million on behalf of chil - dren who suffered permanent brain injury at birth.
Mother presented to a suburban hos- pital past her due date and Pitocin was administered. Allegedly, the dosage caused excessive contractions which reduced the M-fetus’s oxygen levels, caused bradycardia, and hypoxic-isch-
emic encephalopathy. The injuries left pltf, now six, with severe global physical and cognitive developmental delays. He is non-verbal and non-ambulatory. Paid by confidential defts.
Beam Legal Team, LLC began helping victims of medical malpractice in 1983, specifically focusing on obstetrical and neonatal malpractice. We not only litigate the case but stand ready for trial to obtain necessary justice for injured children. Our firm prides itself on being the voice for the voiceless, representing women and children in all 50 states!
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