A young Michigan boy born on June 13, 2011, is seeking redress for continuing injuries he suffered at birth and his grandmother is officially representing him in court. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan... Read More

On October 5, 2015, a Mississippi mother filed a lawsuit on behalf of her child who suffered nerve damage and other permanent injuries as an alleged result of the negligent handling of shoulder dystocia. The complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District... Read More

Some children who suffer severe birth injuries, such as brain damage, can never expect to lead a normal life. They may have significant physical, intellectual, and psychological impairments that diminish the child’s quality of life and incur significant expenses for the family. Birth injury settlements... Read More

Fetal macrosomia and large for gestational age status are linked to an increased risk of neonatal and maternal complications, such as emergency cesarean section and shoulder dystocia. While early term induction and prophylactic cesarean delivery have been thought to prevent complications during delivery and continued... Read More

In a complaint recently filed in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California, a mother is alleging that medical negligence on the part of labor and delivery staff at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, CA during the birth of... Read More

A Texas mother has filed a lawsuit against a hospital and physician in Kansas on behalf of her young child, claiming that negligence and blatant mishandling of a series of labor and delivery complications ultimately caused her infant to suffer profound disability and developmental delays... Read More

While a vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) is often an empowering experience for women who are told they should have another C-section, this type of labor is not without risk.  A scar on the uterus from a previous cesarean delivery raises the possibility of uterine... Read More

A Delaware mother recently filed a court brief arguing that her medical malpractice lawsuit should continue despite the defendants’ arguments that she waited too long to file the case. On July 10, 2015, the plaintiff mother filed an answering brief in the Delaware Erb’s palsy... Read More