A $5 million settlement reached on behalf of an Essex County girl who suffered brain damage at birth was paid on Sept. 12 in Vinci v. Montemurro.

A portion of the settlement is being used to purchase an annuity for the girl, Natalia Vinci, which would make the projected total value of the settlement at $10,215,715, according to the plaintiffs lawyer, Daryl L. Zaslow of Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow in Edison.