Author Archives: Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP
Your Doctors Must Address Potential Delivery Complications
The loss of a child during birth is not something money alone can help a family recover from. Keep this in mind when you see substantial lawsuit awards written about in the news involving birth trauma cases. This is why healthcare providers have a duty to make sure all safety measures are taken during the delivery of a child. The failure of a doctor to properly diagnose complications that could come up during a delivery could lead to costly delays, leading to the death or injury of a newborn. Such is the case when a doctor fails to monitor complications such as gestational diabetes and high blood pressure throughout a pregnancy. The failure of a healthcare provider to not properly react during a pregnancy can lead to botched caesarean sections and improperly performed vaginal deliveries, with the forceful use of forceps or vacuums. Failures by healthcare providers can cause your…
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Botched Water Birth Lawsuit Settled for $13 Million
According to the Oregonian, the parents of a child who was deprived of oxygen for 15 minutes after his botched water birth have settled a lawsuit against their medical provider for $13 million. The news outlet reported the parents settled their birth injury lawsuit with Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, resulting in the largest payout in at least a decade for a birth malpractice case in the state. The child, now 4, is nonverbal and cannot walk. He uses a cart to get around. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which severely limits his motor skills. The parents involved in the lawsuit could not comment on the case with the media, citing a confidentiality agreement, but the Oregonian reported that the case was dismissed in March following the settlement. Court documents indicate that the parents went to the medical center, planning to give birth to the child underwater, with representatives saying…
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Birth Trauma
Between five and ten of every 1,000 births in the United States will result in a birth injury. Sometimes these injuries occur naturally because of some difficulty in the birthing process. Other times, however, birth trauma can be the result of medical negligence. Some of the more common types of birth injury are: oxygen deprivation causing cerebral palsy, intracranial hemorrhage, spinal cord injuries and Erbs palsy. Sometimes these injuries occur because labor is allowed to continue beyond a medically reasonable period of time. Other times injuries may occur because of negligent oversight of hospital staff. Other injuries occur because hospital staff are reluctant to call medical doctors particularly at night when the doctor is at home and on call. Over the years, our firm has helped many families who have been the victims of this type of medical negligence. Many times these cases are proven using a combination of fetal…
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