On Tuesday, June 10, 11-year-old Alijah Jones and his mother Stephanie Stewart won their cerebral palsy lawsuit against Ohio’s MetroHealth Medical Center and Dr. Steven Weight, when a jury awarded the boy and his mother $14.5 million for birth injuries allegedly caused by medical malpractice. Birth... Read More

Six-year-old Maverick Ramseyer has cerebral palsy (CP), a neurological condition that impairs gross and fine motor functions. Maverick’s parents are blaming his condition on preventable birth injuries that Maverick sustained at the Oregon-based Silverton Hospital—and they’re taking their case to court, claiming Maverick’s CP is... Read More

Silverton Hospital of Silverton, Oregon, faces accusations of cerebral palsy malpractice from three area families. The families all share similar stories; their children were born at the hospital, yet allegedly due to complications of labor and delivery, the youngsters suffered permanent brain damage, which caused... Read More

A malpractice claim against Kaiser alleging birth injuries has been settled for $4.1 million. The woman who filed the claim is the great grandmother and guardian ad litem to a seven-year-old boy diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy and epilepsy. The plaintiff claims a delay of... Read More

A four-year-old girl from Pennsylvania has received a birth injury malpractice award totaling $32.8 million, one of the largest to ever be awarded in her county. The jury reached their verdict after attorneys successfully proved a link between negligence in the delivery room and the... Read More

Parents of a young Texas boy suffering from cerebral palsy have filed suit against a physician, two nurses and the healthcare facility at which the child was born, alleging that inappropriate use of Pitocin and failure to properly monitor the progression of labor caused severe,... Read More

Two nurses who worked at a Pennsylvania hospital were held liable for $32.8 million in damages by a jury in a cerebral palsy lawsuit filed on behalf of a girl who suffered brain injuries during her birth. The jury deliberated just nine hours before finding... Read More

The parents of a twelve year-old girl with cerebral palsy due to a brain injury at birth have tentatively reached a €2.6 million (about $3.55 million) settlement of their legal claims against the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE). The family, who lives in Ireland, contend... Read More