A single mother gave birth prematurely to her baby girl on her 25th week of pregnancy. The child stayed at the neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital where she was taken care of by the staff from the date of her birth on June 25, 2003 until she…
A child survived her birth for approximately two and one-half years; and during such period lived her short life in pain and suffering with and from polycystic kidneys and other diseases. Through the medium of the administrators of her estate (the parents), she makes claim in tort against the defendant…
Dr. Waney Squier, a prominent neuropathologist, is haunted by a certain case. This case is one that any parent will find deeply distressing. Eleven years ago, a mother stood trial at Nottingham Crown Court charged with manslaughter. Even though the woman was described as a woman of good character and…
A teenage boy left severely disabled after a series of medical failures at birth was awarded nearly £5.5million last week. The now 16-year-old quadriplegic suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of being deprived of oxygen during his birth. The plaintiff’s legal team alleged that doctors failed to properly manage…
In 2007, an Evesham family that previously won a landmark court ruling in favor of their son lost their specially adapted home to floodwaters. The ruined home was bought by the family with proceeds from their son’s malpractice suit. The boy was left severely disabled after complications incurred during his…
Facial nerve palsy results in the partial or complete loss of voluntary (controllable) muscle movement. This trauma occurs in an infant’s face due to pressure on the facial nerves just prior to or at the time of his or her delivery. The seventh cranial nerve, in particular, is damaged. In…
Recently, the High Court of London approved a settlement for almost €1M in an medical malpractice action filed by the parents of a nine-year-old boy who suffered shoulder and hand injuries at the time of his birth. The boy’s 45-year-old mother has filed a separate suit concerning the trauma. She…
Children born with cerebral palsy will have a difficult but manageable life ahead of them. While treatments for cerebral palsy are difficult at times, getting the best help for your child will benefit them greatly. In order to pay for these effective and expensive treatments, you need to work with…
According to authorities, statues of limitations for malpractice cases in Wisconsin don’t adequately address injuries incurred by developmentally disabled children. The state Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that a teenager with a birth injury, then, could still be allowed to file a lawsuit against his health care providers. The parents…
A doctor is applauding the efforts of a group of sixteen Midwest hospitals who are revising their practices in order to better protect newborns during childbirth. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, hospitals in the Ascension Health, Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota Public…