Category Archives: Birth Injury
Jury Awards Child $1 Million in Illinois Birth Injury Lawsuit
Earlier this month in Maryville, Illinois, a jury awarded the mother of a young girl who was born with brachial plexus $1 million in a lawsuit against the doctors who assisted at the birth of the girl. According to a report by one local news source, the lawsuit’s main claim was that the delivering… Read More »
Maryland Court of Special Appeals Upholds $20.6 Million Birth-Injury Verdict
Back in July 2012, a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury awarded the family of a young boy born with cerebral palsy $20.6 million due to the negligent birthing procedures that were employed in the boy’s birth. A team of attorneys from Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, Koch & Norman represented the family throughout this process. According… Read More »
Failure to Perform C-Section May Have Caused Mother and Twins’ Death
Earlier this year, a woman and her twins died minutes after childbirth when hospital doctors decided not to perform the planned C-section and opted for a natural birth instead. According to a report by USA Today, the woman had given birth twice before, both times by C-section, and her regular doctor had planned to… Read More »
Parents’ Suit Allowed to Continue Against Hospital After Stillborn Birth
Earlier this year, the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a trial and appellate court ruling that prevented the parents of a stillborn girl from pursuing a claim of negligence against a doctor who failed to diagnose the mother with gestational diabetes. At trial, the judge prevented two of the plaintiffs’ experts from testifying that the… Read More »
Parents Reach Settlement with Provider Regarding Their Child’s Brain Injury at Birth
On the day of trial, moments before proceedings were scheduled to begin, the parents of a four-year-old girl who suffered a serious brain injury shortly after she was born reached a settlement with the hospital. The amount of the settlement is confidential. According to a report by one local news source, the girl was… Read More »
Illinois Doctor Sued for Malpractice After Child Born with Brachial Plexus Injury
Earlier this month in Madison County, Illinois, a woman sued her doctor for his alleged malpractice in delivering her now three-year-old child who was born with a serious brachial plexus injury. According to a report by one local news source, the child recently appeared in court to show the members of the jury how… Read More »
What is Erb’s Palsy and How Is It Caused?
One of the most common preventable birth injuries we see in newborn children is a condition called Erb’s Palsy. Erb’s Palsy is a condition of the nerves that is named after one of the doctors who discovered and described the disease, Dr. Wilhelm Erb. Technically speaking, Erb’s Palsy is a form of brachial plexus… Read More »
State of Iowa Settles $500,000 Laceration Case
Earlier this month, the State of Iowa approved a $500,000 settlement after a botched C-section resulted in a woman being placed on dialysis and needing a hysterectomy. According to a report by the Des Moines Register, the woman named the University of Iowa Hospital system in her complaint, alleging that when she went to… Read More »
Woman Sues Hospital for Threatened Forced Cesarean Section
Most of us assume that our doctors are there to care for us, and further assume that any recommendations they may make are just recommendations. However, one Florida woman has recently been threatened by her doctors that no matter what she decides, they will only perform a Cesarean section (C-section) when it comes time… Read More »
Detroit’s Maternal Mortality Rate Rivals that in Third World Countries
Detroit is a city with its fair share of problems, the most recent of which may be the high rate of death in birthing mothers. A recent article by Michigan Radio reports that the rate of death among birthing mothers is equal to or greater than some third-world countries, such as Vietnam and Libya…. Read More »
