Baltimore Birth Injury & Medical Malpractice Lawyers

WVFO attorneys Keith Forman and Myles Poster filed a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a newborn who suffered cardiac arrest and brain damage as a result of venous air embolism. The complaint alleges that the newborn was diagnosed with Hirschsprung’s disease shortly after birth. The plan of care included surgical intervention. On October 16, 2019, when the newborn was only a week old, she was transported to the operating room for a laparoscopic proctectomy secondary to the diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease.

WVFO attorneys Keith Forman and Myles Poster filed a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a newborn who suffered an avoidable brain injury. The complaint alleges that the baby’s mother presented to Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi. The mother’s blood pressures were within normal limits except for an elevated blood pressure on arrival. The doctor noted that the fetal heart rate tracing was reassuring for gestational age of 29 weeks and 5 days. A normal fetal biophysical profile was reported the next day.

On June 4, 2021, WVFO attorneys Christopher Norman and Brian Cathell filed a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a newborn who suffered an avoidable brain injury. The complaint alleges that following her birth on March 17, 2019, the child dealt with expected complications from omphalocele, which she was diagnosed with prenatally, but remained neurologically intact. The lawsuit alleges that the injuries were a result of the negligence of Johns Hopkins Hospital and its employees in failing to properly intubate the baby. The action is pending in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland.