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$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[...]

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[...]

Study Found Routine Aspirin Therapy Prevents Severe Preeclampsia In At-Risk Populations

June 7, 2026

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) issued a press release on February 11, 2026 that stated that prescribing daily aspirin at the first prenatal visit to all pregnant patients was associated with an overall reduction in the development of&[...]

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[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Orders New Trial For Refusal To Instruct Medical Malpractice Jury As To Superseding Cause In Cesarean Delivery Without Anesthesia Case

November 22, 2025

Elizabeth Bandy was admitted to Reston Hospital Center on August 13, 2021, for an induced delivery of her first child. Her regular physician recommended they induce her labor because she was past her due date. On Sunday, August 15, 2021, as Ms. Bandy’s labor progressed, Dr. Mirza Baig, the only an[...]

$3.3M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brachial Plexus Injury During Childbirth

November 5, 2025

On February 26, 2025, a Virginia birth injury medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.3 million for a baby who experienced shoulder dystocia followed by brachial plexus injuries during his birth at 39 weeks, on April 12, 2019. During labor, the baby’s heart rate showed re[...]

$35M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned

October 6, 2025

In a Maryland medical malpractice case filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, J.B. (the “Child”), a minor, by and through his mother (the “Mother”), alleged that Harbor Hospital, Inc. (the “Hospital”) was negligent in the post-delivery care provided to him, which resulted in his [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms $10.5 Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Twins During Birth

August 16, 2025

In April 2019, Dinesha Robinson was nearly five months’ pregnant with twins. Her pregnancy was high-risk, due to a prior miscarriage and preeclampsia, and she had been treated twice in the previous three weeks for a urinary tract infection (“UTI”) by United Obstetrics and Gynecology (“UOG”[...]

Nebraska Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Erroneous Jury Instruction

August 13, 2025

In 2013, Dawn M. Morgan-Baker was admitted to the labor and delivery unit of a hospital operated by Alegent Creighton Health Creighton University Medical Center, LLC, in Omaha, Nebraska, for her anticipated delivery of her son, J.R.M.B. (J.R.). She was at 36 weeks gestation. She had suffered a fall [...]

Catholic Hospital In Idaho Drops Argument In Medical Malpractice Case That An Unborn Child Is Not A Person

June 11, 2025

On April 13, 2021, Miranda Anderson was 34 weeks pregnant when she went to Pella Regional Health Center for evaluation of her elevated blood pressure, headaches, and edema. She was transferred by ambulance to MercyOne’s Obstetrics Emergency Unit due to concerns that she was experiencing preeclamps[...]

$48.1M Missouri Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 16, 2025

On March 25, 2025, a Missouri medical malpractice birth injury jury returned its verdict in the amount of $48.1 million in favor of the parents of a baby that suffered profound injuries as a result of alleged medical negligence during his birth. The Missouri birth injury jury awarded $28.1 million i[...]

$9M Michigan Medical Malpractice Settlement For Twin Who Suffered Catastrophic Injuries Due To Delayed Delivery

May 3, 2025

The pregnant mother of twins went to the hospital at 28 weeks of pregnancy complaining of abdominal pain that began three hours before her arrival. She was seen by a physician’s assistant who had difficulty finding fetal heartbeats. A first-year resident was summoned and he too could not find feta[...]

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