The mother of a child who suffered brain damage was awarded $6.25 million late last month after a New Castle County Superior Court jury found her doctor had negligently failed to detect and treat high levels of a toxin in the baby’s blood.
High levels of bilirubin in Tirese Johnson’s blood led him to develop Kernicterus, which resulted in severe brain damage, according to court papers in the case Wilson v. James. The verdict was entered March 24.
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