Birth Injury Malpractice Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

$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) [...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Fertility Clinic Used Another Man’s Sperm In IVF Procedure

September 18, 2026

The Florida medical malpractice Complaint filed on September 17, 2026 states, in part: Plaintiffs Natalie Strong and Joshua Strong, by and through undersigned counsel, sue Defendants Brown Fertility Associates, P.A.; Samuel E. Brown, M.D.; and John Doe Defendants 1 through 10, and in support state a[...]

$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,[...]

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[...]

$23.5M Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 20, 2026

On February 23, 2026, an Illinois birth injury medical malpractice jury awarded in excess of $23.5 million to Dylan Gong for the birth asphyxia and hypoxic-ischemic brain injury he suffered during labor and delivery on June 3, 2017 that his lawyer argued were due to the defendant’s failure to [...]

$1.475M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Newborn Who Suffered Permanent Leg Injury Due To Failure To Timely Diagnose And Treat Aortic Coarctation

March 9, 2026

One day after a full-term baby was successfully delivered at a medical center, the newborn was given routine screenings for congenital heart defects. Echocardiograms were subsequently ordered and performed to determine if the newborn had a congenital heart defect, such as aortic coarctation (narrowi[...]

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[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Hospital Alleges Baby Suffered Brain Damage From Substandard Care

February 11, 2026

In November 2025, a mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Florida against AdventHealth Ocala and several medical providers, alleging that negligence during her labor in November 2023 resulted in her newborn suffering severe and permanent brain damage and severe disabilities that require cons[...]

$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[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Doctor Not Entitled To Summary Judgment In HIE Malpractice Case

November 30, 2025

In its July 25, 2025 Memorandum and Opinion, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Circuit, affirmed the trial court’s denial of the medical malpractice defendant’s motion for summary judgment, stating: Plaintiff commenced this medical malpractice act[...]

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