The family of four-year-old Sean Cobbs, who suffered severe brain injury during a failed Caesarean section in 2009, was granted a malpractice award of $28 million by a federal judge in East St. Louis, Illinois on December 20, 2013. U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon... Read More

A recent study conducted in Norway found that human error is the number one cause of fetal brain asphyxia during birth. Defined as a prolonged period of oxygen deprivation to the baby, infant asphyxia often carries devastating consequences for the child, including irreversible brain damage... Read More

An auto mechanic in Argentina has invented a device that could help to prevent fetal distress during the delivery process. The idea came to Jorge Oden in a dream, which became reality in just a few short years. The new device is now being tested... Read More

Parents who claimed that medical malpractice led to their daughter’s cerebral palsy agreed to a brain damage settlement of $4.25 million last week. Thomas and Athena Bulger of Auburn, Massachusetts, sued Dr. Robert Berry and two other doctors due to problems during the delivery at... Read More

A woman from New York has filed a brachial plexus injury lawsuit, demanding compensatory damages from The Robert Packer Hospital, Guthrie Clinic, and several healthcare professionals. The lawsuit was filed on August 9, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.... Read More

A jury has awarded a former Lowell couple at least $5 million after finding Tufts Medical Center hospital staff negligent in their care of the couple’s newborn son in 2004. The child now suffers from a debilitating condition the parents allege could have been more... Read More

Human error is the most common cause of birth asphyxia (an inadequate supply of oxygen) at birth. That’s the finding of a 15-year study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Inadequate fetal monitoring,... Read More

A birth injury malpractice lawsuit has been filed by a Pittsburg mother whose child suffered brain damage as a result of deprivation of oxygen during the birthing process. The mother’s labor was allowed to continue for 27 hours despite concerns about shoulder dystocia (the child... Read More