A mother and her young child have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against City Hospital, Inc., doing business as Berkeley Medical Center. Multiple other healthcare centers, healthcare systems and providers were named as defendants in the complaint. She claims that her child was diagnosed with... Read More

Researchers from the University of Michigan have published a study indicating that adults with cerebral palsy may be more susceptible to many chronic conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart problems and asthma. The team examined eight different chronic conditions, comparing adults with cerebral palsy to... Read More

In late November, the Ireland High Court approved a final settlement of $9.5 million to 14-year-old Roisin Conroy, who suffered a brain injury at birth due to alleged hospital negligence. She received a $2.7 million settlement in 2013, which brings her final total to $12.2 million. As... Read More

The mother of a 10-year-old boy has filed a complaint on behalf of her son over the severe birth injury he suffered in an Army hospital in Tennessee. The unnamed minor child was diagnosed shortly after birth as having suffered a hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)... Read More

According to a recent research study presented in the New England Journal of Medicine’s September 3, 2015 issue, many if not most cerebral palsy cases can be attributed to one or more prenatal factors and birth defects, rather than other commonly suspected causes, including asphyxia... 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

A seven-year-old West Harlem, NY boy, along with his mother and natural guardian, filed a cerebral palsy lawsuit on July 2 in US District Court in New York against the United States. The boy suffered a series of severe and lasting injuries as a result... Read More

A 10-year-old Irish girl whose birth injuries rendered her a quadriplegic and left her with cerebral palsy was awarded an additional €9M (roughly $10 million) from the Health Service Executive (HSE) to compensate for her injuries. The recent sum was added to an interim settlement of... Read More