Author Archives: Site Administrator
Forceps & Vacuum Injuries
Sometimes, during birth, an infant may need a little help getting through the birth canal. Difficult labor conditions could be caused by an unusual birth position, high birth weight, the shape and size of the mother’s pelvis and birth canal, and other maternal and fetal health conditions. Prolonged labor can also exhaust both mother… Read More »
What You Should Know Before Your C-Section
A Cesarean section, also known as a C-section, is a conventional operation doctors use to reduce the risk of complications during problematic or higher risk pregnancies and deliveries. C-sections account for about a third of all births in the United States. Although they are used to mitigate risks, they are not risk-free procedures. In… Read More »
When to Hire a Birth Injury Attorney
Birth injuries are quite common, but many of them heal a few days, weeks, or even months after the damage occurred. However, others are so severe that children never recover from them. Brain damage, for example, is something that can occur during birth because of a lack of sufficient oxygen. The extent of the… Read More »
Birth Injuries Caused by Failed or Erroneous C-Sections
The natural process of childbirth is extremely stressful and painful. Some mothers may not be in the right health to attempt a natural childbirth. The Cesarean section – or C-section – is a surgical procedure that was developed to circumvent complications of delivery by extracting the child through an incision made in the mother’s… Read More »
Was Hypothermia Therapy Performed on Your Baby?
Few people have heard of neonatal therapeutic hypothermia. It’s an incredibly specific treatment that is seldom used because there only a few circumstances will call for it. For example, it would be needed when an infant is born and immediately suffers from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a type of brain damage that occurs when babies… Read More »
Cerebral Palsy: Does It Worsen with Age?
Cerebral palsy is a health condition or disorder that is caused by unusual brain development, most commonly before a child is even born. It can range from mild to severe, and symptoms typically manifest as speech disorders, difficulty controlling muscle movement, and restrictive learning disabilities. As serious as cerebral palsy is at its onset,… Read More »
Federal Judge Dismisses Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Case for Lack of Jurisdiction
Earlier this month, a federal medical malpractice lawsuit was thrown out by a federal district judge after he determined that the regulation the injury victim pointed to when arguing the defendant was negligent did not apply in the specific case. According to a local news report, the medical malpractice case arose out of a… Read More »
After Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Lawsuit for a Deficient Certificate, Court Rules Plaintiff Must Re-Do Arbitration Process
Before filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, Maryland state law requires a person to complete an arbitration proceeding and produce a certificate and report from an expert witness. Failure to meet these requirements can result in dismissal of the lawsuit. Strict time limits for filing suit make these first steps critically important. The statute permitting… Read More »
State Supreme Court Reverses Judgment for Defendant in Medical Malpractice Case
The Idaho Supreme Court recently released a decision in a medical malpractice case that reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of the defendant, who had been accused of negligently causing the death of a patient by committing medical malpractice. The most recent ruling in the case of Navo v. Bingham Memorial Hospital held… Read More »
Risk of Birth Injury May Increase in Pregnant Women over 40 Years Old
A variety of factors can place a mother and child at an increased risk of suffering from a birth injury, although the responsibility of a medical provider not to commit medical malpractice should not be affected by such high-risk pregnancies. Risks to both the mother and child begin to increase after an expecting mother… Read More »