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New York Appellate Court Affirms $46M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 29, 2020

The New York Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated November 4, 2020, affirmed a New York birth injury medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $46 million, finding that the jury’s verdict was supported by the evidence introduce[...]

$15.1M Federal Birth Injury Verdict For Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

February 21, 2020

On January 28, 2020, a federal judge with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Nashville Division filed her Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law in a birth injury medical malpractice case filed against the United States, awarding the child $15,153,488 in compensa[...]

Iowa Supreme Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

November 28, 2019

The Supreme Court of Iowa (“Iowa Supreme Court”) in its opinion filed on October 25, 2019 upheld a defense verdict in a shoulder dystocia birth injury medical malpractice case, holding: “we conclude the district court did not commit reversible error in the specifications of neglige[...]

$900K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Full-Term Fetus In Utero

November 24, 2019

On November 19, 2019, a Prince George’s County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $900,000 in favor of the parents of an unborn child who died because the defendant health care provider negligently failed to timely diagnose and properly treat her pregnancy[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Jury In Pennsylvania Clears Defendants In Death Of Newborn

October 21, 2019

On September 5, 2019, a federal medical malpractice jury in Pennsylvania returned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that the medical negligence of a pediatrician and a Pennsylvania hospital led to a newborn’s death from an infection six hours after birth. The eigh[...]

Historic Maryland Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict Reduced By Trial Judge From $229.64M To $205.38M

September 27, 2019

The judge who presided over a Maryland medical malpractice birth injury trial that resulted in an historic verdict in the amount of $229,640,000.00 in July 2019 has ruled on the defense’s post-trial motions to reduce the verdict, thereby reducing the $25 million that the Maryland medical malpr[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reverses $7M FTCA Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict

September 13, 2019

On July 11, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) reversed a birth injury medical malpractice verdict in excess of $7 million rendered by a federal district court judge, holding that “After reviewing the whole record, we are fir[...]

$8.3M Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict For Shoulder Dystochia/Brachial Plexus Injury During Birth

August 27, 2019

The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in her written Memorandum And Opinion filed on August 22, 2019 in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the OB/GYN who provided her with prenatal care and delivered her baby at a feder[...]

New Study Finds C-Section Deliveries Nearly Doubled From 2000 To 2015

October 27, 2018

A study published in the medical journal The Lancet on October 13, 2018 found that Cesarean section deliveries (“CS”) nearly doubled worldwide from 2000 to 2015, based on data from 169 countries that include 98.4% of the world’s births. The study estimated that 29.7 million births [...]

California Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Perform Timely Cesarean Delivery Of Distressed Baby

June 14, 2018

A California medical malpractice jury returned a defense verdict on May 25, 2018 in a California birth injury medical malpractice case where the parents-to-be claimed that two doctors delivering their full-term baby failed to timely perform a Cesarean section delivery after the fetal heart monitorin[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Doctor On Informed Consent Claim

December 2, 2017

On November 17, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s directed verdict in favor of the defendant obstetrician in an Indiana medical malpractice case that also alleged that the defendant had failed to obtain the plaintiff’[...]

$26M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Timely Respond To Problem Pregnancy

November 20, 2017

In late October 2017, a New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $26 million in favor of the now seven-year-old plaintiff who suffered severe physical injuries, including deafness, and emotional injuries due to the alleged medical negligence of the defendant hospital where[...]

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