Birth Injury Claims Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

$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[...]

New York Appellate Court Grants Summary Judgment To Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Defendants

February 16, 2026

The infant plaintiff and his mother, Shanique B. (plaintiff), filed a New York medical malpractice and negligence actionseeking damages for injuries that the infant plaintiff sustained after plaintiff suffered a placental abruption and underwent an emergency Cesarean section. Plaintiffs alleged that[...]

$11M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Settlement For Baby Who Suffered Brain Damage After Mother Suffered Cardiac Arrest During Labor

December 23, 2025

A 29-year-old woman who was pregnant with her first child was having an unremarkable labor and delivery until she suddenly had a drop in her blood pressure to 65/28 and a pulse in the 50s. She became unresponsive at 5:57 p.m. A rapid response team was called and an obstetrician, who had no prior inv[...]

New York’s Highest Appellate Court Refuses To Allow Recovery For Mother’s Emotional Damages For Baby Born Alive But Who Died Shortly After Birth Due To Medical Negligence During Delivery

December 4, 2025

Plaintiff Veronica SanMiguel was admitted to defendant St. Barnabas Hospital (St. Barnabas) on July 1, 2012, after she did not go into labor by her due date. She came under the care of defendant Dr. Meryl Y. Grimaldi who, along with St. Barnabas’s nursing staff, induced labor. On the morning of Ju[...]

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