A woman had been having premature contractions so she was given pitocin, a hormone that would stop the contractions. She nevertheless still gave birth prematurely on April 4, 2008, on the thirtieth week of her pregnancy. The child developed bleeding and inflammation in the brain as soon as it was…
New approaches to preventing preterm birth and related complications were discussed at the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 59th Annual Clinical Meeting. In particular, studies of cutting-edge technology that may lead to an approach for the prevention of cerebral palsy were highlighted. “Preterm birth is one of the…
An eight-year-old girl who suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy was born at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Her cerebral palsy was found to be caused by injuries she sustained at birth. In fact, London’s High Court found that her injury arose out of “clinical negligence” by Leeds…
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…
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…
The valedictorian and softball player from Keenan High School is anything but an average teen. She stands out, not for those feats, but because those feats are so astronomical given her history. Routine grounders are anything but routine for these high school senior, reports a friend who’s watched her story.…
A New Jersey jury found a doctor was negligent in the case of a birth injury resulting in the infant’s development of cerebral palsy. The family of the plaintiff alleged that if the emergency room doctor had not waited as long as he did to perform an emergency Cesarean section,…
When a doctor mistakenly allows a mother to go forward with a home birth, the child was left severely disabled. The doctor was proven to have failed in finding that the mother had developed gestational diabetes, a condition that often requires a caesarean delivery in a hospital at 36 weeks…
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…
A Pennsylvania Medical Center was found negligent in the case of a birth injury lawsuit recently. The resulting settlement was a record breaking $21 million. Jurors found the doctors and staff responsible for the injuries sustained during the delivery process of the plaintiff’s son which resulted in his catastrophic birth…