A teenager has been awarded £6.6 million agreed damages for the birth injury which has left him severely brain damaged.
Ryan Garrigan, of Oxford, who was born at the city's John Radcliffe Hospital in November 1991, has cerebral palsy and mental impairment.
But he has a near normal life expectancy and full awareness of his disabilities and of the comparison between himself and others.
Deputy Judge Nicholas Wilkinson QC, at London's High Court, heard that Ryan was able to use most forms of assistive technology and was likely to be greatly helped by specialist equipment and care.
But he would never be independent, would never enter the paid work force and would need assistance 24 hours a day.
Ryan was starved of oxygen towards the end of his mother's labour, but the signs were not heeded and his delivery delayed.
By the time he was born by emergency caesarean section, he had already suffered permanent brain damage.
Ryan, in a wheelchair, and his mother Justine were at court to hear the judge approve the settlement of their claim against Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority on the morning of an estimated week-long hearing to assess damages.
Mrs Garrigan said: "This has been a long battle but we always knew that something had gone wrong and that it was the doctor's fault that Ryan is the way he is.
"We have had to fight all the way for 15 years to prove it and to get Ryan the compensation that will make sure he is secure for the rest of his life."
