The family of a man who was rendered blind and partially paralyzed after doctors failed to diagnose an inflammation of the brain caused by Varicella Zoster Virus has agreed to a $10.35 million settlement of their Middlesex County medical malpractice suit.

Phillip Tauriello, 42, was left with cognitive defects in addition to his blindness and paralysis after doctors failed to detect and treat a virus that caused inflammation in the brain, his suit claims. Tauriello had a history of multiple sclerosis and was unable to work but was living independently before the onset of the virus, the suit claims.