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Oregon Supreme Court Recognizes Wrongful Birth Claim, Rejects Wrongful Life Claim

February 10, 2018

In its opinion dated February 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) recognized wrongful birth claims but rejected wrongful life claims in Oregon, thereby affirming the lower appellate court’s decision. In the case the Oregon Supreme Court was de[...]

Iowa Supreme Court Recognizes Wrongful Birth Claims

June 6, 2017

In its opinion filed on June 2, 2017, the Iowa Supreme Court recognized for the first time wrongful birth claims in which the parents of a child born with severe disabilities may bring a medical negligence action based on the physicians’ failure to inform them of prenatal test results showing a co[...]

New York Trial Judge Upholds $7.5M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Fertility Clinic

May 29, 2017

A New York trial judge has upheld a New York medical malpractice jury’s award in the amount of $7.5 million to the parents of a child born with cystic fibrosis. The defendant, a New York fertility clinic, allegedly failed to perform a genetic test for cystic fibrosis before the couple had fer[...]

$14.5M Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Baby’s Brain Damage After Delivery

December 15, 2016

A Nevada medical malpractice jury has returned its verdict in the amount of $14.5 million against two doctors, finding that their negligence led to a premature baby suffering permanent brain damage after she was born. The now 8-year-old is almost totally blind, is unable to walk, unable to speak, r[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Alleged Ultrasound Negligence

September 22, 2016

After a recent four-day medical malpractice jury trial, a Florida jury took only two hours to return its verdict in favor of the defendant Florida OB/GYN and his medical practice. The plaintiff, who sought $8 million in compensatory damages from the defendants, alleged that the defendant had failed[...]

Rhode Island Wrongful Birth Lawsuit Allowed To Proceed

August 13, 2016

A Superior Court judge in Rhode Island has ordered that the wrongful birth lawsuit filed by the parents of two children born with cystic fibrosis can proceed. The parents have three children, the two youngest of which were born with incurable cystic fibrosis. The parents claim in their Rhode Island [...]

$1.3M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Newborn Following Heart Surgery

June 20, 2016

On June 7, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.3 million, by a vote of eleven to one after six days of trial, finding that the defendant anesthesiologist was negligent when she administered too much calcium to a newborn fol[...]

Pennsylvania Superior Court Affirms $3M Topamax Award

May 12, 2016

In its non-precedential decision filed on May 11, 2016, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Superior Court”) affirmed a $3 million Pennsylvania jury verdict in favor of the parents of a child born with a cleft lip and palate that the plaintiffs alleged were due to defendant Janssen[...]

Baltimore Wrongful Birth Verdict For Plaintiff

March 8, 2016

On March 4, 2016, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that the defendant OB/GYN failed to perform genetic testing during her pregnancy that would have disclosed that her fetus had Down’s Syndrome, and failed to notify her of her level[...]

Montana Medical Malpractice Jury Rejects Wrongful Birth Claim

February 14, 2016

On February 11, 2016, after a nine-day trial, a Montana medical malpractice jury rejected the plaintiffs’ wrongful birth claim in which the Montana couple alleged that they would have terminated the pregnancy had they been offered a genetic test for cystic fibrosis that would have disclosed t[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Sides With Hospital In Newborn’s Death Claim

January 9, 2016

On January 7, 2016, a West Virginia medical malpractice jury took one and a half hours after a three and a half day trial to find that a local West Virginia hospital was not medically negligent in the death of a newborn baby just a few days after his birth in 2012 due to undiagnosed Hypoplastic Le[...]

Wrongful Life Lawsuit Filed In California

December 21, 2015

On December 3, 2015, a husband and wife filed a wrongful life lawsuit on their own behalf and on behalf of their disabled child in the Los Angeles Superior Court regarding their son, Justin James Sanchez, who was born on September 6, 2014 and later tested positive for cystic fibrosis. The plaintiff[...]

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