On June 4, 1953, the accused, a fraternal benefit association issued a certificate of membership in the amount of $4,000 to a postal clerk member of the New York Branch of the Association. While alive, he is entitled to participate in the benefits of the Benefit Fund in case he…
The complainants seek damages for the infant’s right arm paralysis injury (Erbs palsy brachial plexus). The accused parties are the hospital, the obstetrical resident who delivered the infant and the attending physician who was present at the delivery. The complainants allege that the doctors failed to properly manage and perform…
A medical malpractice action has been filed by the plaintiffs, individually as parents and natural guardians of an infant, where they seek to recover, inter alia, damages that the infant plaintiff suffered at birth (birth injury or birth injury accident) as a result of the defendants’ alleged negligence. On 28…
Leading medical negligence lawyers have warned that funds from some lump sum court awards invested in Irish bank shares are now effectively worthless. News has cropped up that funds from some lump sum court awards for catastrophic birth injuries have been invested in an Irish bank, and those funds are…
A teenager left severely brain damaged was awarded £6.6 million in damages last week. The 18-year-old young man of Oxford was born at the city’s John Radcliffe Hospital in and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and mental impairment. Thankfully, he has a near normal life expectancy and full awareness of…
“A birth injuryfrom alleged institutional negligence results in a $15.35 million medical malpractice settlement — the largest ever recorded in DeKalb County,” a concerned doctor reveals. It is common thought that each hospital has a responsibility for the safety of their patients. This particular malpractice settlement was obtained on behalf…
A birth injury condition known as Erb’s Palsy occurs in about two out of every one thousand births, and it is typically the result of inadequate treatment by a physician or obstetrician. A study done in Manhattan and Long Island, presented a public announcement identifying recognizable markers of the condition.…
A study conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality came to the unavoidable truth that many childbirth-related injuries sustained by newborns are relatively common and altogether avoidable. The analysis examined 2006 data and noted that common issues included injuries to newborns such as broken collarbones, head injuries and…
Some anticonvulsant medications, like Depakote, are being linked to birth defects according to a doctor is citing recent studies. Victims of these anticonvulsant birth defects will possibly need financial assistance to provide the life-long medical care necessary for children born with conditions like spina bifida, heart malformations, or physical cleft…
Over half a million pounds in compensation was just awarded to a North London teenager. Complications at her delivery years ago left her partially disabled as she enters adulthood. The sixteen-year-old from Barnet suffered serious complications during her birth at London’s Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital, and she now suffers…