Bone Fracture in Newborns
Bone injuries and fractures are among the most common birth injuries: an estimated 1 in 1,000 newborns suffers a bone injury or fracture. Such injuries can occur during delivery or immediately after birth. Some fractures may be obvious immediately, but in other cases, it may take days before the problem reveals itself. Fractures can occur when the doctors or nurses… Read more »
Birth Injury Case Among 100 Malpractice Suits Against Brookdale Hospital
A lawsuit against Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center charges that a doctor’s negligence during labor and delivery caused a baby to suffer permanent nervous system and brain damage resulting from a birth injury. This birth injury case is one of more than 100 negligence and malpractice lawsuits that have been filed against Brookdale, according to a report in the… Read more »
Birth Injury Results in Erb’s Palsy for Illinois Baby
Illinois residents Daniela Griffin and Christopher S. Griffin Sr. and their child Christopher S. Griffin Jr. have filed a lawsuit alleging a birth injury that resulted in infant Christopher suffering Erb’s palsy. The lawsuit was filed on February 27, 2012 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and names obstetrician Dr. Edoard Coupet and the MetroSouth Medical Center as… Read more »
Birth Injury Alleged in Lawsuit
Plaintiffs Pamela Armstead and her minor daughter have filed a lawsuit due to a birth injury against St. James Hospital and Women First Obstetrics and Gynecology, claiming that physicians did not perform a Caesarian section when plaintiff Armstead was giving birth to her daughter and this decision was made negligently. The child in the case was delivered vaginally and subsequently… Read more »
