Birth Injury Claims Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

How Often Is A Birth Injury Due To Medical Malpractice?

November 15, 2026

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were just over 3.6 million births in the United States in 2022, with the vast majority of births occurring in hospitals. Over 10% of the births were preterm and nearly 32% were by cesarean. The CDC reports 1,205 women died from[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Approves New Trial For Baby Formula NEC Plaintiff

October 31, 2026

K.W. was born prematurely on August 28, 2017. Shortly after K.W. was born, Whitfield, K.W.’s mother, began having trouble producing breast milk. As a result, K.W.’s providers at St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s (“SLCH”) began feeding him Appellants’ specialized preterm infant formulas, [...]

$7.8M California Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

October 5, 2026

A California birth injury medical malpractice claim against a hospital and a delivering physician for the permanent neurological injuries suffered by a now 4-year-old due to the alleged negligent failure to monitor and manage the labor and delivery when faced with prolonged fetal distress was recent[...]

$18.2 Million North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Erb’s Palsy Injury Suffered During Birth

September 23, 2026

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury determined that a third-year resident at WakeMed in Raleigh, North Carolina was negligent in her handling of the delivery of a baby boy on September 17, 2029, when the baby’s shoulder becoming stuck behind his mother’s pelvis (shoulder dystocia) [...]

$2M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stillborn Baby

September 12, 2026

A Florida birth injury medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million for the parents of a stillborn baby. The parents alleged that medical negligence caused the baby to be born stillborn at 38 weeks after the pregnant woman developed preeclampsia. The stillborn baby was n[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Applies Sham Affidavit Rule In Affirming Dismissal Of Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

September 8, 2026

Following a prolonged labor, Cheri Sheree Moore gave birth to her son, P.C.M., who required intubation because he was in respiratory distress. Moore alleged that the respiratory distress and intubation caused injuries to P.C.M. Moore filed a medical malpractice complaint against the hospital where s[...]

Abbott Agrees To Pay $670M To Resolve 2,000 Preterm Baby Formula NEC Claims

August 26, 2026

As stated in a press release issued by Abbott on August 20, 2026, Abbott has reached agreements with three law firms to resolve the Gill case and claims involving approximately 2,000 other individuals relating to the company’s specialty formulas for preterm infants. In July 2024, a St. Louis[...]

$825K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Bladder Injury During C-Section

July 2, 2026

On June 15, 2026, a Montgomery County, Maryland medical malpractice jury deliberated for two and a half hours after a six-day trial before awarding a then 33-year-old woman who was injured during a C-section delivery of her second child $750,000 in noneconomic damages for pain and suffering and $75,[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Rules Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Experts Qualified To Testify In Birth Injury Case

May 27, 2026

Early one morning in November 2020, mother arrived at a hospital of Allina Health System experiencing contractions. The hospital admitted mother, and by 9:40 a.m., mother entered the second stage of labor and began pushing. Thirty minutes later, when child’s head was near crowning, obstetrician Dr[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Affirms $495M NEC Verdict Against Abbott

May 13, 2026

In August 2021, Margo Gill was 26 weeks pregnant when her blood pressure spiked, prompting her to seek medical attention at St. Mary’s Hospital in St. Louis County. After her fetus’s heartrate dropped dramatically, St. Mary’s neonatal unit intervened, performed an emergency c-section and deliv[...]

$3.25M Massachusetts Birth Injury Wrongful Death Settlement

April 6, 2026

In July 2025, a Massachusetts medical malpractice birth injury wrongful death case was settled for $3.25 million in which the plaintiff alleged the wrongful death of her baby, who was born lifeless with Apgar scores of 0/0/0, due to the OB’s alleged negligence in failing to deliver her baby ea[...]

Federal Court Orders Unsuccessful Plaintiffs In FTCA Birth Injury Case To Pay $44,000 To U.S. For Defense Costs

March 31, 2026

The United States Attorney’s Office District of Alaska announced on February 11, 2026 a complete defensive verdict in a medical malpractice claim brought against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). On November 6, 2025, a judgment was entered in favor of the U.S. following a thre[...]

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