Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Ends With Jury Awarding $23.8 Million to Plaintiffs
When a baby suffers a birth injury such as cerebral palsy because of negligence or malpractice in the delivery room, the doctors or nurses responsible may be held liable. Across the U.S., juries have awarded multimillion dollar settlements to families whose children face permanent, lifelong disabilities because the medical professionals handling the birth did not provide proper care. For example,… Read more »
Medical Malpractice Could Cause Brachial Plexus Injury
Parents of children who have suffered a severe birth injury know how emotionally and financially taxing their care is–some infants need round the clock medical care, while others will be affected by their injury for a lifetime. Many parents might not realize that serious birth injuries, including brachial plexus injury, could come about as a result of medical malpractice or… Read more »
Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Filed in California by Guardian Ad Litem
If a hospital or health care provider’s staff such as doctors, aides, nurses, or other workers have been found to have failed to provide a reasonable standard of care and a newborn is injured, the staff may be found to have caused birth injury resulting from medical malpractice. When this occurs, the parents of an injured child may have grounds… Read more »
Child’s Cerebral Palsy and Neurological Disorder Caused by Birth Injury Negligence, Lawsuit Charges
A child’s cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and kernicterus (a neurological disorder) were all caused by the negligence of the hospital where the child was born, according to the child’s guardian ad litem, who filed a birth injury lawsuit against the hospital, Sutter West Bay Hospital, on November 16, 2012, in the Superior Court of San Francisco County, California. Symptoms of… Read more »
Shoulder Dystocia and Medical Negligence
Shoulder dystocia is a birth injury that is relatively common–it occurs in about 30,000 deliveries in the United States every year. It is a condition that occurs during childbirth in the event the baby’s shoulders become trapped behind the mother’s pelvis or pubic bone. This requires prompt medical maneuvers in order to fix the problem and safely deliver the baby…. Read more »
