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Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff’s Birth Injury Medical Malpractce Expert’s Opinion Inadmissble

September 23, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) ruled in its opinion filed on September 7, 2017 that the trial court did not err in excluding the plaintiff’s medical malpractice expert’s opinion in a birth injury case because the expert’s opinion was unrelia[...]

$33.8M Florida Birth Injury Verdict By Federal Judge

April 25, 2017

On April 17, 2017, a United States District Judge with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida awarded the plaintiffs a total of $33,813,495.91 against the United States for the severe and permanent birth injuries suffered by their child during his birth on Decemb[...]

$3.75M Iowa Medical Malpractice Settlement Approved For Birth Injury

March 21, 2016

The State of Iowa has agreed to settle an Iowa birth injury medical malpractice claim that will pay $2.15 million to the parents of the injured child and their attorneys along with $1,000 a month paid to the child’s guardians from April 2016 through November 2028, and then $2,570 per month thr[...]

$30M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Neurological Birth Injury

February 7, 2016

On February 5, 2016, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 11-year-old child who was born with catastrophic neurological injuries that the jury found was due to the defendant attending physician’s medical negligence during labor and delivery. The Massa[...]

New Analysis Of Relationship Between Worldwide Cesarean Delivery Rates And Maternal And Neonatal Mortality Rates

December 12, 2015

A recent analysis of worldwide Cesarean delivery rates found that the optimal cesarean delivery rate in relation to maternal and neonatal mortality was approximately 19 cesarean deliveries per 100 live births (national cesarean delivery rates of up to 19 per 100 live births were associated with lowe[...]

Birth Trauma Statistics

December 7, 2015

Birth trauma (i.e., injuries to an infant due to mechanical forces such as compression or traction) is a major source of emotional pain for parents and a major source of life-long disabilities for many of those born suffering from birth trauma. Almost one-half of birth trauma is potentially avoid[...]

Illinois’ Largest Medical Malpractice Insurer Hit With $14.35M Bad Faith Jury Verdict

November 20, 2015

On November 10, 2015, an Illinois jury determined that Illinois’ largest medical malpractice insurance company, ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (“ISMIE”), is liable to the plaintiffs in the amount of $1.35 million in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitive damages for its a[...]

Oklahoma Family Seeks Injunction Against Physician Group Terminating Care Of Birth Injured Child

October 11, 2015

After the parents of a child who suffered severe brain damage during delivery in November 2011 filed an Oklahoma medical malpractice lawsuit in October 2014 against the physicians and others allegedly responsible for the child’s injuries, the medical practice that employed the medical malpr[...]

Connecticut Birth Injury Claim Settled For $3M

May 14, 2015

Late last month a 26-year-old woman and the State of Connecticut reached a medical malpractice settlement with regard to the alleged medical negligence that occurred during the labor and delivery of the plaintiff’s child in a Connecticut-operated hospital that led to the baby suffering a stro[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Trial Highlights Issues In Birth Injury Cerebral Palsy Cases

January 26, 2015

An Oregon medical malpractice case that began on January 21, 2015 and is expected to last two weeks highlights some of the issues and defenses raised in birth injury cases where it is alleged that a child suffered cerebral palsy as a result of medical negligence during labor and delivery. The sta[...]

$10.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Woman’s Stroke

January 22, 2015

On January 14, 2015, an Ohio medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $10,928,188 in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following seven days of trial testimony, for the serious stroke suffered by a woman during her pregnancy that the plaintiffs alleged was the result[...]

North Carolina Surgeon Found Liable For Medical Negligence

December 23, 2014

On December 17, 2014, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury found that the defendant surgeon was negligent in performing surgery on a pregnant patient in 2009. The medical malpractice testimony in the case began on December 8 and was capped by the defendant testifying on his own behalf the day [...]

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