An angry UK mother is calling the remarks of the gynecologist involved in her deceased child’s botched forceps delivery “atrocious.” The doctor reportedly told the mother, just minutes after the delivery, that she should have smoked 50 cigarettes a day so that the 9lb. 14... Read More

The family of a Virginia boy with cerebral palsy hopes to finalize an agreed $9 million settlement. A federal judge has approved the proposed settlement in a Hawaii birth injury lawsuit that was filed in 2012. To be finalized, however, the settlement must first receive... Read More

Ongoing medical research can lead to a decrease in birth injury malpractice as long as the first responders – those medical professionals providing direct patient care and delivering babies – put the research findings into practice. According to a new study, this has been happening... Read More

Late in 2014, a woman filed an Erb’s palsy lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. The birth injury lawsuit alleges that doctors caused her newborn to suffer severe and permanent nerve and brain damage when delivering a... Read More

 Total medical malpractice payouts have been on the decline in recent years but Insurance Business America reports that “super losses” – medical malpractice payments of $5 million or more – are on the rise. The conclusion is based on a report by Hiscox, an insurance... Read More

A jury recently awarded a New Paltz, New York couple $1.75 million in a surgical negligence case that ended in a series of surgeries to repair the damage caused by the malpractice. The lawsuit alleged that Nancy Nocito suffered life-altering injuries caused by medical malpractice... Read More

Two Canadian hospitals have publicly apologized to a 46-year-old man for giving him a lung cancer misdiagnosis. Larry Reece, of Hamilton, Ontario, was given an erroneous diagnosis of stage-four lung cancer in June. The hospitals told him he had only 12 months to live and... Read More

  Earlier this month, a Texas jury in a wrongful death malpractice lawsuit found that a Waco doctor was not negligent in the death of one of his patients. The patient, 78-year-old Harold Hutchinson, was a retired dock worker for Central Freight Lines. He developed... Read More