Brain Damage at Birth Causes Wrongful Death, Couple Awarded $10.2 Million

A couple from Miami was recently awarded $10.2 million in connection with the wrongful death of their son, who died at age three after suffering severe brain damage at birth (reports the EagleiOnline site).  Baby Kevin, son of Oscar Rodriguez and Raiza Bravo, suffered oxygen deprivation during birth at Jacksonville's U.S. Naval Hospital.  According to the couple's attorney, hospital staff failed to notice that the umbilical cord was wrapped around Kevin's neck when Bravo was in labor, causing the lack of oxygen that, in turn, led to serious brain damage.  During the few years the child survived, he was unable to speak, sit up, or swallow, and he required a special feeding tube that sucked saliva out of his mouth to prevent choking.  Speaking of the couple's pain and grief since the incident, the attorney explained that the couple has been unable to have another baby because Bravo is on anti-depressants.  Putting every effort into keeping their handicapped child alive, the couple has suffered enormous grief over Kevin's death, which occurred when he suffered a brain seizure. 

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