The Pennsylvania medical center that allegedly caused a severe birth injury to a little boy has been forced to pay a $21 million compensation package to the boy and his mother. The boy developed cerebral palsy as a direct result of the doctor’s mismanagement of his birthing process. As a…
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that about one-third of U.S. women giving birth in 2008 delivered via a cesarean section. That number crossed all races and ages. Cesareans are becoming more popular as mothers today are less likely to have a negative preconception about surgical delivery.…
A birth injury claim recently filed by a mother in Illinois concluded in a $9,500,000 personal injury settlement. She was represented by a local firm. In November of 2006, an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, approved the $9.5M settlement of a medical negligence case. The…
Unfortunately infants sustain birth injuries at an all too normal pace. Even more unfortunate is that a lot of such injuries are caused by the negligence of medical personnel. A mother in labor has certain responsibilities, but so too does the medical team attending her child’s birth. For the mother,…
Birth injuries are often caused by doctor errors during the birthing process, but some parents in New York should make sure their newborn is not being put in danger by testing performed immediately after the birth. It’s possible that an excessive amount of testing is dangerous to babies. A New…
Every year thousands of babies are injured or killed from a specific birth complication called shoulder dystocia. A NYC Birth Injury Lawyer wants to know why more doctors and midwives aren’t informing their patients about who is at risk. The Director of Medical Education and Perinatal Outreach at Allegheny General…
A 55-day case, following the longest running birth injury action in the country and described as the most complex medical negligence case ever to come before the Irish courts was finally settled. The National Maternity Hospital has to pay €4.5m to a six-year-old boy who was severely disabled because of an…
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital doctors may not have obtained the official informed consent of all the mothers it tested a drug on. The doctors alleged went ahead without informing the watchdog company, Therapeutic Goods Administration. A Birth Injury Lawyer based in Manhattan, NY, revealed that hundreds of women were given…
A distraught woman, who recently lost a child, claims it was her doctor’s negligence that lead to the infant’s untimely death, said a NY Birth Injury Lawyer. The woman, who is seeking $2.5 million from her doctor, reportedly had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes early on in her pregnancy and…