A widow has filed a lawsuit against two hospitals in the Buffalo area, alleging negligence and malpractice at the facilities led to her husband’s death. The plaintiff further asserts that her husband was pronounced dead at one the facilities, even though she and other family... Read More

The Florida Supreme Court recently agreed to decide the constitutionality of state legislation that limits the amount an attorney can charge in fees. The dispute stems from a birth injury lawsuit filed by a Florida family on behalf of their son, who was born in 1997.... 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

“Everyone will experience one meaningful diagnostic error in their lifetime,” Dr. John Ball recently told NBC News. Ball, who chairs the Committee on Diagnostic Error in Medicine, helped draft a report on the alarming rates of late or misdiagnosis in U.S. healthcare settings – the consequences... Read More

CBS Boston reports that doctors at Brigham & Women’s Hospital are improving the outcomes for newborns at risk for brain injury by treating them with hypothermia. The hospital is working to reduce the incidence of infant brain damage by wrapping newborns in cooling blankets. According... 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

A North Carolina jury awarded a former Cumberland County couple $7.5 million after determining medical malpractice played a role in the severe illness and ongoing injuries suffered by the wife after colon surgery. The jury awarded the injured plaintiff damages for her injuries and non-economic... Read More