An unusual case of a birth defect allegedly caused by a mother’s exposure to a virus carried by rodents led to a $6 million settlement of a suit against her landlord, won by plaintiff lawyer John Zaorski of Cappuccio & Zaorski in Hammonton.
According to the suit, Leroy Kilpatrick III was paralyzed at birth from a mouse-borne infection passed on in utero. He was born on Sept. 23, 2010, with water on the brain and is a blind, deaf and spastic quadriplegic who might not be able to speak, Zaorski said.
