All Articles Tagged With: "Birth Injury"
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New York Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in $43M Verdict
A 25-year-old New York woman has won a $43 million jury verdict in a cerebral palsy lawsuit brought against the hospital where she was born.
Newborn Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results in $1.85M Over Vacuum Extraction
A Maryland couple was awarded $1.85 million last week in a birth injury lawsuit filed over the death of their son after a doctor negligently used vacuum extraction during delivery.
Ohio Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in Record $31M Verdict
An Ohio jury awarded $31 million in compensatory damages last week to the family of a child who developed cerebral palsy as result of a birth injury allegedly caused by medical negligence.
Maryland Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in $4M Award
A Maryland jury awarded $3,991,000 to the family of a 9 year-old boy who developed cerebral palsy from a lack of oxygen to the brain before or during birth, which was found to have been caused by the medical negligence of an emergency room physician and obstetrician.
Florida Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in $4M Award Over Delayed Delivery
A jury awarded $4 million on Monday in a Florida cerebral palsy lawsuit filed on behalf of an 11-year old girl who suffered brain damage at birth as a result of a several hour delay in the hospital securing an operating room for her delivery.
South Carolina Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in $4.4 Million Verdict Over Misread Fetal Heart Monitor
On Friday, a jury returned a verdict of $4.4 million in a South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit filed on behalf of a child who developed cerebral palsy after suffering a brain injury during birth when a nurse misread the fetal heart monitor data.
Cerebral Palsy Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against St. Louis University
A birth injury malpractice lawsuit has been filed against St. Louis University, Memorial Hospital and the doctor who delivered a baby nearly three years ago. The complaint alleges that medical mistakes during delivery caused Haley Overmeyer to develop cerebral palsy, a motor disability caused by permanent brain damage.
Pennsylvania Cerebral Palsy Malpractice Lawsuit Results in $20.5 M Verdict
A jury in Northeast Pennsylvania awarded a child with cerebral palsy $20.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed as a result of mistakes that occurred at the time of the child’s birth.
Las Vegas Malpractice Lawsuit for Child’s Birth Injury Reinstated by Appeals Court
The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a Las Vegas birth injury lawsuit will be able to continue, even though the mother filed the case more than four years after a medical mistake occurred during the delivery of her child.
Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Results in $4.25 Million Verdict Against Hospital in Washington
A Washington jury returned a verdict last week in the amount of $4.25 million for a young girl who developed cerebral palsy as a result of negligence during her delivery at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland.
