December 7th, 1998 (findarticles.com)
A jury recently awarded a Bronx, NY, teen with a
$29 million judgment against the city's Health and Hospitals Corp. for a botched
birth that left him brain-damaged and wheelchair-bound, the New York Post
reported. The jury found that Charles Frye, 15, was deprived of oxygen for three
days in his mother's womb, which left him with permanent brain damage and
cerebral palsy. Gladys Frye, Charles' mother, said she felt "wonderful" about
the verdict, adding that now she can offer her son a better life. "When I told
him, he was ecstatic," the mother of three told the Post. "I'm overjoyed for my
son because now he won't be left out of things. "This will make a big difference
because he's going to need a lot of help with his disability. He will probably
never be able to work and this will take care of him."
