An Essex County judge on Oct. 9 approved a $3.825 million settlement for a woman allegedly brain-damaged due to an incorrect diagnosis and treatment when she was an infant.

In the summer of 1992, 1-year-old Alyssa Powell was brought repeatedly to Pediatric Associates of West Essex by her mother for fever and diarrhea, according to court papers. Doctors allegedly diagnosed her with a stomach virus without diagnostic testing.

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