Jamal Alsaffar litigated a case that modified federal law, creating more legal protections for babies born to military mothers. Plaintiff Melody Brown, who’s now 12 years old, will receive lifetime medical care for her spina bifida as a result.
In 2008, in Brown v. United States, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee awarded Brown and her family almost $13.7 million in their Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit. The parties subsequently settled Brown for $12.5 million, Alsaffar says.
