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How Malpractice Causes Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is a developmental disorder causing physical disability and movement problems. The disorder is often acquired before or during birth, often as the result of fetal infection or distress...
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Erb’s Palsy Lawsuit Filed in CA Superior Court
A plaintiff from California filed an Erb’s Palsy lawsuit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles on May 24, 2013. She is seeking more than $25,000 from Exum Medical Corporation and the Long Beach Memorial...
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Legal Grounds for Pursuing a Birth Injury Settlement
When a newborn suffers a serious birth injury due to medical malpractice, the whole family is affected. As parents try to cope with the emotional difficulties surrounding the situation, they are also...
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Compensation in a Birth Injury Settlement
When proper standards of care are not provided by nurses, doctors, midwives and other health care professionals during delivery, a newborn can be left with permanent birth injuries. Statistics suggest...
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Utah Couple Files Birth Injury Lawsuit After Son Suffers Catastrophic Brain...
A Utah couple filed a birth injury lawsuit on behalf of their son after alleged medical negligence during the boy’s delivery resulted in catastrophic brain damage and severe permanent disability. The...
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Recovering Birth Injury Settlements or Jury Awards
Birth injuries are often caused by lack of blood flow or oxygen to the fetus before, during or shortly after labor. The culminating effects may result in cerebral palsy, brain damage, developmental...
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Untimely C-Section Subject of Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit
Dockets from the Fifteenth Judicial Court in Palm Beach, Florida show a new cerebral palsy lawsuit was filed against several physicians at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Allegations state that the...
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Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury: Lawsuit Eligibility
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability during childhood. Estimates are that 1.5 to more than 4 per 1,000 live births of...
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South Carolina Plaintiff Files Erb’s Palsy Lawsuit
On July 9, 2012, a South Carolina man, as Guardian ad Litem of a minor child, filed an Erb’s palsy lawsuit in the South Carolina County of Allendale. The plaintiff brings claims against Allendale...
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Fetal Distress: Causes, Consequences, Liability
Fetal distress can either sneak up gradually and almost imperceptibly, or come crashing down suddenly and without warning. Either way, if medical personnel ignore or fail to adequately respond to signs...
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Irreparable Brain Damage Cited in Birth Injury Lawsuit
A birth injury lawsuit alleges that Lutheran Medical Center and its attending doctors failed to safely delivery the plaintiff’s infant son, causing him to suffer severe and irreparable brain damage....
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C-Section Mistakes Pose Potential Risks for Mother, Baby
Cesarean delivery may be recommended for a variety of reasons, when vaginal delivery is not considered safe or possible. However, risks associated with C-section deliveries are higher than those linked...
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Birth Injury Lawsuit Alleges Delayed C-Section Led to Death of Newborn
A birth injury lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles by a couple who alleges negligence and a delayed C-section delivery led to the death of their newborn child. They are seeking damages for their loss...
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St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital Staff Accused of Negligence in Birth Injury Lawsuit
A New York mother filed a birth injury lawsuit against the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center and St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, alleging that the physician and attending nurses failed to...
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Mismanagement of Shoulder Dystocia Alleged by Illinois Mother
An Illinois mother and her minor child are suing Northwest Community Hospital and several attending nurses and an OB-GYN claiming their medical negligence contributed to the child’s brachial plexus...
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Birth Injury Malpractice Lawsuit Details 27-Hour Labor
Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is facing a birth injury malpractice lawsuit alleging hospital negligence in the delivery of a baby who suffered severe brain injuries...
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Brachial Plexus Injury Lawsuit Alleges Birth Injury Malpractice
A brachial plexus injury lawsuit has been filed following a difficult labor that resulted in an infant sustaining serious injuries. The lawsuit alleges that harm to the newborn child resulted from...
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Malpractice Suit Alleges Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury
A cerebral palsy lawsuit filed in Illinois Circuit Court alleges that the claimant’s newborn baby suffered severe hypoxic ischemia, intraventricular hemorrhages and cerebral palsy caused by the...
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