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Published on: July 11, 2011

Birth Injury Caused by Medical Negligence in Illinois

by Stephen Bilkis

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 plaintiff alleged that medical negligence on the part of the attending doctor, nursing staff, and the hospital at large, were to blame for a birth injury sustained during labor and delivery.

A New York Birth Injury Lawyer read the court documents and said that during the personal injury investigation, the plaintiff went to her normal clinic for a prenatal checkup. She was admitted to the hospital where medical personnel attached a fetal monitor to her and began inducing her labor using the medication Pitocin. These procedures took place because it was found that she was eclamptic.

Published on: June 10, 2011

Judge’s Mistake Leads to Mistrial

by Stephen Bilkis

The justice system is not perfect. Mistakes are common. If a lawyer is the cause of a mistake, compensation is possible through a lawsuit. What about a judge’s mistakes?

An appeals court could fix judicial errors, but it won’t provide compensation. Last month a British Columbia Court of Appeals decision in a medical malpractice case exposed the need for a compensation plan for judicial errors.

A newborn baby boy suffered severe brain damage at his birth, and his mother sued B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Care Centre and several of its employees.

Published on: June 9, 2011

Cerebral Palsy Group Attempting to Reclaim $5 Million

by Stephen Bilkis

The Cerebral Palsy Society claims $5 million was placed in a fund by five former directors and thus wrested from its control. The group has taken legal action to recover the money that cannot be accessed by the new board.

The chief executive of the Focus 2000 arm of Cerebral Palsy Society has been suspended while the court action takes place.

In papers filed at the High Court in Auckland two weeks ago against the CEO and former Focus 2000 directors, a NYC Birth Injury Law Office is finding several things interesting.

Published on: June 8, 2011

National Hospital Set to Pay €4.5M in Birth Injury Settlement

by Stephen Bilkis

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 injury he sustained at birth.

The hospital also has to pay the legal fees of the patient and his parents which have been estimated at around €4m.