A Cook County jury awarded $50 million Tuesday to a child who suffered a severe and permanent brain injury due to a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) prior to his birth.

On March 22, 2009, 35-year-old Aimee Florez arrived at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill. with her husband, David Florez, to give birth to her first child. After 12 hours of labor, Aimee gave birth to a boy, whom she named Julien.