Семья получила 11 млн долларов компенсации за травму мозга ребенка в госпитале армии США

Family reaches $11M settlement over baby’s brain injury at Fort Campbell Army hospital NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — After several years of fighting for justice, a family who said their baby suffered a brain injury at a Fort Campbell Army hospital has reached an $11 million settlement with the federal government. The attorney for the family told FOX 17 News that no amount of money will undo the harm providers caused the little girl, but the money will help support her medical care. Sarah Panter and Joshua Madrid, who is in the military, expected a healthy baby girl. But when she was born on Sept. 11, nearly five years ago, their baby was left with a brain injury. She’s cortically blind. She can’t see very well. She will never walk, talk,” said Laurie Higginbotham, an attorney for the family. Higginbotham said the way the baby was delivered, and how Sarah was in labor, changed everything. CRIME NEWS | Parents arrested in Tennessee after missing 5-year-old found dead in South Carolina “She had both a traumatic brain injury and a brain injury from lack of oxygen,” Higginbotham said. The family first filed an administrative claim with the U.S. Army in 2023. About a year later, Higginbotham and the family’s legal team filed a lawsuit against the federal government. It alleges that at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, providers should have moved to a C-section within half an hour. Instead, the lawsuit says it took more than three hours before the baby was delivered naturally. The baby was delivered at 10:36 a.m, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit points to tests showing the baby was healthy prior to delivery. “Two nurse midwives and one OB were responsible in this case,” Higginbotham said. The case went to trial in April 2026. On Wednesday, the Department of Justice agreed to pay the family an $11 million settlement. “The family is relieved and grateful,” Higginbotham said. But what has changed since the alleged oversight? FOX 17 News asked the hospital’s team what protocols have changed and how enforcement of existing policies has changed. FOX 17 News has not heard back. “A labor and delivery team, it’s a team, and they need to hold each other accountable,” Higginbotham said. In the meantime, the military family can finally start to heal. "They can finally put this behind them and focus on healing," said Higginbotham. FOX 17 News also reached out to the Department of Justice for comment but did not hear back.