Florida Parents File $80 Million Birth Injury Lawsuit For Son’s Brain Damage
Florida parents Andrea and William Dorsheimer have filed a lawsuit alleging a birth injury caused by medical negligence that resulted in their son suffering brain damage and other disabilities. Their complaint was filed on August 27, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Since the boy was born at a U.S. Naval Hospital, the lawsuit… Read more »
Erb’s Palsy Resulting from Birth Injury
A difficult delivery might lead to a birth injury that can cause Erb’s Palsy. This can happen when the baby’s head, neck, or shoulders are pulled or stretched to an excessive degree by the medical staff. Such actions can cause damage to the brachial plexus nerves in the child. If a baby is bigger than normal or is born feet… Read more »
Newborn Sustained Injury Due to Negligence, Lawsuit Claims
Minor plaintiff Diamond Bell and her mother Shahara Christian filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, on April 20, 2012. Their hypoxia lawsuit names The University of Chicago Medical Center and the University of Chicago Hospitals as defendants, and claim that through the hospitals’ negligence and carelessness, plaintiff Bell was born with a serious birth injury… Read more »
Birth Injury Suit Leads to $4 Million Settlement
A family has settled a lawsuit they filed after their child was born with a birth injury for a reported $4,000,000. The lawsuit claimed negligence of a hospital which, they allege, did not provide an adequate standard of care for a healthy newborn. The lawsuit noted that the infant had exhibited risk factors for hypoglycemia, but hospital staff failed to… Read more »
California Plaintiffs Claim Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
A family filed a birth injury lawsuit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles on October 1, 2012, alleging that the medical staff at California Hospital Medical Center committed negligence during the labor and delivery of Zenia Ramos and, as a result, her baby Raelin Miranda suffered injuries. The plaintiffs Roberto Miranda and Zenia Ramos allege that their baby’s injuries… Read more »
