Recent Posts in Cerebral Palsy Category
Posted on Jul 6, 2012
A woman whose son was born with cerebral palsy is claiming that it is due to medical malpractice at the hospital. According to reports, the woman had gone to a hospital with uterine contractions when ...
Posted on Apr 24, 2012
A law firm in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area has reportedly received a multimillion dollar settlement in connection with a medical malpractice matter. According to reports, the settlement was ...
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
A family in the California area has been awarded $74 million in connection with a medical malpractice matter. The family’s lawyer was seeking $78 million for the birth injury of their child who ...
Posted on Apr 7, 2012
A medical malpractice cerebral palsy lawsuit has reportedly been settled for $5.3 million. According to reports, the parents of the child born with cerebral palsy claimed the medical staff failed to ...
Posted on Sep 14, 2011
When medical malpractice errors occur, the results can be very serious for the victims. Doctors and hospitals can often be responsible for mistakes that lead to injuries like cerebral palsy. About ...
Posted on Aug 20, 2011
A $29 million medical malpractice verdict has reportedly been upheld in regard to a cerebral palsy case. According to reports, it was decided that a government-funded clinic was negligent in a matter ...
Posted on Apr 22, 2011
An Ohio jury has reportedly awarded a family and girl $13.9 million in a medical malpractice matter where the girl developed cerebral palsy due to negligence. It is reported that the jury found the ...
Posted on Mar 25, 2011
The rate of cerebral palsy in preterm infants may be on the decline in comparison to about 20 years ago. Studies have recently shown that there is a decline in babies suffering from these conditions ...
Posted on Mar 15, 2011
The mother of a man who was reportedly injured at birth is now seeking compensation. The woman is seeking the compensation almost thirty years after the son’s birth. It is being alleged that the man ...
Posted on Feb 24, 2011
Cerebral palsy cases have reportedly dropped in relation to being the result of premature birth. While it is a complicated matter because doctors are unsure of definite steps to take to prevent the ...
Posted on Dec 12, 2010
An Ohio judge has decided that the verdict on a cerebral palsy case will stand as is. A request for a new trial on the medical malpractice case has been dismissed and the judgment of $13.9 million ...
Posted on Dec 4, 2010
In the Youngstown, Ohio area, a judge has refused a new trial for a medical malpractice case. The malpractice case resulted in a $13.9 million judgment for a young girl with cerebral palsy. Attorney ...
Posted on Nov 28, 2010
A birth injury lawsuit has resulted in a $6.5 million settlement that the hospital and physician will have to pay. The baby reportedly suffered extensive brain damage due to a labor that occurred more ...
Posted on Nov 5, 2010
A disabled teenager has won a multi-million birth injury compensation after being the victim of a hospital mistake. The young girl suffered hypoxic insult as she was being born which was oxygen ...
Posted on Oct 20, 2010
A jury is currently deliberating on a medical malpractice case that is involving a doctor who reportedly did not perform a cesarean section during a birth. The child was reportedly diagnosed with ...
Posted on Oct 16, 2010
A doctor has lost an appeal of one of the largest medical malpractice cases ever in Northeast Pennsylvania. The case involved an obstetrician and the claim that a child suffered permanent medical ...
Posted on Oct 9, 2010
Two families have recently filed birth injury lawsuits over botched deliveries that occurred at different military hospitals. As a result, these lawsuits could cost the government more than $20 ...
Posted on Oct 4, 2010
An attorney is filing a lawsuit for a family of a young girl who believe that they should have been advised that the girl needed to be born by cesarean section. As a result of not going about that ...
Posted on Jun 9, 2010
A jury has awarded a mother and her brain-damaged child $23.3 million in their medical malpractice case. The plaintiffs contended that the mother had gone into prolonged labor and had other signs of ...
Posted on May 19, 2010
A family in New Jersey has been awarded $18.5 million in a cerebral palsy medical malpractice lawsuit. The case was in regards to a hospital in Newark taking too long to perform a C-section which then ...
Posted on May 8, 2010
A medical malpractice birth injury case has settled for $9.5 million for a boy who was born with cerebral palsy. A hospital, nurse midwife and obstetrician will be paying in the case. When the boy was ...
Posted on May 1, 2010
A woman has been awarded in a Florida medical malpractice case for her son's birth injuries that resulted in cerebral palsy. The woman was given $10 million in a case that occurred when she went into ...
Posted on Apr 20, 2010
A family has been awarded $29.1 million in a medical malpractice case where their child suffered from brain damage at birth and is now quadriplegic with cerebral palsy as a result. The case was ...
Posted on Apr 7, 2010
A court has awarded a family $6.25 million in damages for a newborn son who has suffered brain damage as the result of a doctor's negligence. The doctor was found negligent in properly treating ...