A "birth related neurological injury" is any injury to the brain or spinal cord of a live infant weighing at least 2,500 grams for a single gestation or, in the case of a multiple gestation, a live infant weighing at least 2,000 grams at birth caused by oxygen deprivation or mechanical injury occurring in the course of labor, delivery or resuscitation in the immediate post delivery period in a hospital, which renders the infant permanently and substantially mentally and physically impaired. Florida's Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) plan provides no-fault compensation for birth-related neurological injuries to infants. Under NICA, a cause of action for a birth related neurological injury the plaintiff must establish that the infant suffered both a substantial mental and physical impairment. Accordingly, a "physical impairment" refers to an infant's motor abnormalities or impairment of his or her physical functions, which along with the brain injury significantly affect the child's mental abilities to the extent that the infant will not have sufficient cognitive capabilities to develop adequate learning or social development.

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