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$13.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury Upheld

July 13, 2015

By its decision rendered on June 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals Eleventh Appellate District Trumbull County, Ohio (“Appellate Court”) affirmed an Ohio medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $13,902,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs, for the severe an[...]

Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth Trauma

May 27, 2015

The parents of a baby who suffered trauma during her birth and later died, allegedly as a result of medical negligence that occurred during labor, delivery, and shortly after her birth, have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Puerto Rico hospital where the birth took place on July 4[...]

$18.27M Kentucky Birth Injury Verdict Settled For $17.5M

February 13, 2015

On February 3, 2015, a Kentucky hospital agreed to settle a birth injury medical malpractice case for $17.5 million. In November 2014, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury had awarded the child and his mother $18.27 million for the serious and permanent brain injury suffered by the child during deli[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Loss In Stillborn Baby Case Upheld On Appeal

July 18, 2014

A woman whose baby died in the womb before birth filed an Indiana medical malpractice lawsuit against her physicians and their medical practice who had provided her with prenatal care, alleging that medical negligence during the month before birth while the fetus was viable led to the baby’s d[...]

$14.5M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

June 17, 2014

On June 10, 2014, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $14.5 million after a two-week trial, for the alleged birth injuries suffered during delivery when the baby suffered a brain hemorrhage in utero. The verdict included $5 million for the [...]

South Carolina Maternity Center Sued After Baby Dies

May 21, 2014

The mother of a baby who died shortly before birth has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the South Carolina maternity center that had been caring for her during her pregnancy, alleging that the maternity center engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices by accepting her as a patient when i[...]

$32.8M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Verdict For Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy

February 5, 2014

On January 17, 2014, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs and against two nurses who were the defendants whom the jurors determined to have been negligent in failing to alert the doctor performing the delivery of a baby that the baby’s heart rate had droppe[...]

Two Massachusetts Maternal Deaths At One Hospital In Thirty Days

January 22, 2014

Within a 30-day period, two mothers who had given birth in the same hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts died shortly after delivery. The two deaths within a one month period are unusual because maternal deaths are rare — there were only three maternal deaths in Massachusetts in 2012, three[...]

$3.1M Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Verdict Upheld

January 5, 2014

A New York appellate court has upheld a $3,150,000 verdict against an obstetrician-gynecologist involving the negligent delivery of a newborn that led to the baby suffering a brachial plexus injury that resulted in Erb’s palsy. The baby’s shoulder got stuck in her mother’s pubic [...]

$55M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injuries

December 24, 2013

On December 23, 2013, a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $55 million to the family of a now 4-year-old child who did not have sufficient oxygen during the birthing process, resulting in the child being severely developmentally delayed, having cerebral palsy, and having pr[...]

Does Medical Malpractice Causing Oxygen Deprivation At Birth Lead To ADHD Later In Life?

December 25, 2012

A not-too-uncommon basis for medical malpractice claims involving devastating injuries suffered by newborns alleges that the medical providers involved in the labor and delivery failed to timely diagnose and respond to medical problems with the mother and/or the fetus during childbirth or failed[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

December 4, 2012

On August 9, 2009, a 21-year-old mother who had given birth by Cesarean section less than 24 hours earlier was exhausted from both the delivery and from the strong multiple pain medications given to her during the delivery. Nonetheless, the first-time mother wanted to nurse her baby girl and the ho[...]

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