A mother, both individually and on behalf of her minor child, has taken legal action based on allegations of birth injury malpractice. She argues that gross medical negligence on the part of the defendants at the time of her childbirth, caused her infant daughter to... Read More

An Erb’s Palsy lawsuit filed by parents of a baby born in 2013 contends that the minor plaintiff will suffer lifelong neurological damage and disability due to the negligence of doctors and a midwife attending his birth in a Florida health facility. In the complaint,... Read More

A medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court by a Louisiana mother claiming that the long-term residential treatment facility responsible for the care of her profoundly disabled son repeatedly engaged in gross medical negligence leading to serious harm and multiple... Read More

A woman who was paralyzed after the birth of her child has been awarded $35 million in a childbirth malpractice lawsuit in Boston. The plaintiff in this case suffered a stroke shortly after the delivery of her daughter, which was due to brain abnormalities discovered... Read More

Geraldo Rivera was recently spotted leaving Manhattan Civil Court, where he reportedly attended settlement talks in an attempt to resolve his medical malpractice lawsuit. Rivera had filed suit against the Hospital for Special Surgery on East 70th Street alleging that the defendant committed surgical errors that resulted... Read More

A recently published study has found a correlation between the number of maternal complications experienced by women who have previously had Cesarean sections and who required subsequent surgeries for delivery, and the speed with which the C-sections were carried out. The study looked at women who... Read More

A Connecticut man who was misdiagnosed and subsequently injured during an unnecessary surgery was awarded $4.2 million by a Superior Court jury in New Haven. The verdict was awarded to Gregory Leigh of Wallingford following a 2½-week trial presided over by Judge Robin Wilson. According... Read More

A mother from Nebraska has filed a birth injury lawsuit against the U.S. government, demanding $5 million for her daughter’s severe injuries. The plaintiff and her daughter are dependents of a military servicemember. On the date of the labor and delivery, the plaintiff’s husband was... Read More