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

An eight year old County Cork boy with cerebral palsy who is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life because of a disastrous delivery in 2006 will receive 13.3 million Euros or $15.6 million USD in the highest personal injury award ever... Read More

The FDA has just issued another warning against the non-prescription use of fetal ultrasound imaging for commercial purposes. This particular warning is in response to the rapidly expanding cottage industry of using ultrasound images to provide keepsakes for expectant parents, families, and friends. Small ultrasound... Read More

Nothing is more heart-wrenching than the thought of losing a baby. Whether it happens at full-term or just a few months in, the sorrow is deep for the families involved and the grieving process is long. Matters are complicated by the fact that there is... Read More

Last month, an Illinois jury recently awarded $1 million to the plaintiffs in a brachial plexus injury lawsuit. The defendant, a Maryville doctor, was accused of failing to perform a Cesarean section to avoid injury. The lawsuit alleges that the doctor should have recognized that the... Read More

United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel issued a direct order to all branches of the military in October, 2014, demanding increased safety measures, reduced patient trauma and more accessible military medical facilities for patients in need. The order came on the heels of a... Read More

A family from Calgary, Canada has filed a cerebral palsy lawsuit that demands $12 million in compensatory damages for their young daughter’s medical complications. The birth injury complaint claims that doctors were negligent during the labor and delivery of the now two-year-old toddler. The plaintiffs... Read More