A Texas mother has filed a birth injury lawsuit accusing a Kansas hospital and doctor of medical malpractice. According to the lawsuit, which was filed at the end of last month, the mother’s physician and the staff of the delivering hospital failed to properly handle her child’s birth. She claims that their negligence ultimately led to her daughter’s cerebral palsy.
The woman was admitted to the hospital on September 7, 2012, when her water ...
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A couple have filed a $27 million birth injury lawsuit alleging their son suffered from perinatal asphyxia and other injuries due to medical malpractice at two Puerto Rico hospitals. They claim health care professionals at both facilities, as well as other outside doctors, failed to properly assess and respond to the boy’s birth.
In September 2012, the pregnant mother visited her obstetrician after experiencing pelvic pressure and secretions. ...
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A new study has found that the odds of a woman having an obstetric complication depends on where she delivers her baby in the United States. The author of the study, a health outcomes researcher at the University of Rochester, said that “there is a significant variability in maternal outcomes across U.S. hospitals.”
The study examined 750,000 childbirths around the country. According to the research, about 13 percent of all deliveries have a complication, but the ...
continue reading...A Chester County jury has found in favor of a young girl diagnosed with cerebral palsy and awarded her 32.8 million dollars in a recent verdict of a birth injury lawsuit. This case stemmed from a birth injury lawsuit filed on behalf of a young girl who suffered brain damage at birth. The jury award is one of the largest on record in Chester County and will help the young girl’s family pay for future medical costs. The ...
continue reading...A Philadelphia jury has awarded the family of a child born prematurely a $42.9 million dollar award in a recent medical malpractice case. The verdict in Harris v. Chestnut Hill Hospital was announced on December 20, 2013. This medical malpractice case stems from injuries sustained by the Plaintiff following a premature birth at 25 weeks gestation. The suit alleged that the Defendants failed at act in a timely fashion in taking steps to protect the unborn ...
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