Legislators in Maryland are debating the establishment of a birth injury fund to pay for the treatment of infants who suffer profound neurological damage during birth. Two of the state’s largest hospital systems argue that the fund is necessary to keep malpractice insurance premiums from... Read More

A $9 million settlement has been tentatively agreed to by the parties involved in a birth injury lawsuit. The cerebral palsy birth injury settlement was filed after the minor child was found to have “catastrophic brain injury” due to alleged medical negligence. The child is... Read More

An alert mother-to-be who noticed that her baby had stopped moving in the womb trusted her instinct and saved her child’s life from the effects of fetal maternal hemorrhage. Jennifer Juarez of Fountain Valley, California was enjoying a normal pregnancy with an active baby who... Read More

The parents of a girl who died just days after she suffered a forceps delivery birth injury at a Texas hospital plan to sue their obstetrician. Allen Coats and his fiancée Rachel Melancon plan to file a lawsuit against Dr. George T. Backardjiev, who delivered... Read More

For a woman who wishes to experience natural childbirth but is worried about VBAC risks, the recent release of a British study will come as some good news. The study, based on 143,970 women between 2004 and 2011 who had their first baby by C-section,... Read More

An Owasso, Oklahoma mother is working to raise awareness of Erb’s palsy, after her daughter received a brachial plexus injury at birth. The mother, Amber Lucas, had never even heard of the condition until the difficult delivery she experienced when giving birth to her daughter,... Read More

A Florida mother has filed an Erb’s palsy lawsuit against the physician who delivered her infant son and Bethesda Hospital. She claims the defendants failed to properly train it’s labor and delivery nurses on shoulder dystocia and how to manage it, and failed to require... Read More

On December 17, 2013 a birth injury lawsuit against attending obstetric staff at Palms West Hospital was filed in Florida Circuit Court. The suit alleged that defendants failed to properly monitor the plaintiff during delivery, failed to identify fetal bradycardia in a timely manner and... Read More