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New Jersey Court Approves $8M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Child’s Birth Injury

January 19, 2015

On January 8, 2015, a New Jersey state court approved a $8 million settlement for a minor child who suffered serious and permanent injuries during birth, allegedly due to medical negligence. The now 6-year-old child suffered cerebral palsy, mental retardation, disfigurement, and suffers from incon[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Newborn’s Brachial Plexus Injury

January 18, 2015

A woman was 22 years old when she gave birth to her second child, a son, in June 2012 (her first baby was a girl, who was born healthy following a normal vaginal delivery). The woman’s second child suffered serious and permanent birth injuries as a result of alleged medical negligence dur[...]

Ohio Judge Awards $28.7M In Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Involving Cerebral Palsy

January 14, 2015

On December 26, 2014, a judge in Ohio entered judgment in the amount of $28,745,991 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in a case in which it was alleged that the defendants’ medical negligence led to the plaintiffs’ child being born with cerebral palsy due to oxygen deprivat[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Expert Qualification Issue

December 12, 2014

In its decision dated November 21, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) addressed the issue whether a certified nurse midwife (“CNM”) was qualified to offer expert testimony on the standard of care applicable to the defendant hospital’s RNs. In par[...]

$8.45M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

November 8, 2014

On October 21, 2014, a Georgia medical malpractice jury awarded $8.45 million for the birth injuries suffered during a 2008 delivery when the hospital where the baby was delivered failed to provide the newborn with a breathing tube for eight, long minutes, allegedly due to the hospital’s p[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Alleged Birth Injury

October 2, 2014

It took an Arkansas medical malpractice jury only 18 minutes of deliberations before returning a defense verdict in a birth injury medical malpractice case that was tried over a 12-day period. The Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that a newborn suffered serious and permanent brain dama[...]

$20.6M Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Upheld

September 29, 2014

On September 25, 2014, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“CSA”), in an unreported opinion, upheld a Maryland medical malpractice judgment in the amount of $20,605,000 against the defendant hospital and defendant obstetrician. The jury had returned its verdict in the amount of $2[...]

One Oregon Hospital Defending Against Three Birth Injury Malpractice Cases

April 17, 2014

An Oregon hospital is presently defending three birth injury medical malpractice cases that are seeking almost $100 million in damages for the cerebral palsy injuries that three babies allegedly suffered during delivery at the hospital during a two-year period. Each of the three birth injury malpr[...]

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