An Atlantic County judge on Dec. 6 approved a $6 million settlement for a boy allegedly paralyzed at birth from a mouse-borne infection passed on in utero, Kilpatrick v. Interstate Realty Management Co.

Leroy Kilpatrick III, born on Sept. 23, 2010, with water on the brain, is a blind, deaf and spastic quadriplegic who might not be able to speak, says his lawyer, John Zaorski of Cappuccio & Zaorski in Hammonton.