Category Archives: Birth Trauma
Jail Neglects Woman Giving Birth
Most women who file for medical negligence due to a birth injury or other birthing problem bring their suit against a hospital or other medical professional. Imka Pope, however, brings her medical negligence suit against the King County Jail, which allowed Pope to give birth alone, on the jail floor, 14 years ago. According to SeattlePi.com, Pope suffers from schizoaffective disorder. During a psychotic episode when she was off her medication, Pope fell asleep on a Metro bus bench. Police arrested the nine-months-pregnant Pope for trespassing, and six days later, she gave birth. Documents show that only one person on staff in the jail noted that Pope appeared pregnant, and her lawyers state that officers and nurses made little effort to treat her schizoaffective disorder. Pope alleges that on the day she gave birth, she asked for help from the guards. However, guards decided that she was not in imminent…
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Forceps Cause Newborn Skull Fracture
A newborn in Ireland died a week after his birth due to a brain injury caused by forceps used in the delivery process. Claire McGovern, the baby’s mother, arrived at the National Maternity Hospital with painful contractions. She was almost 40 weeks pregnant, and doctors attempted to assist a natural birth with forceps. When the birth failed to progress, nurses took the mother upstairs to undergo a Caesarean section. Sadly, baby Daniel McGovern suffered a non-depressed fracture of the skull and a subgaleal hemorrhage of the brain, and he died a week later. Dr. Declan Keane, an obstetrician at the hospital, reported that he had “no doubt the fracture was most probably due to forceps.” He also commented that the entire delivery process would be improved if the delivery rooms were on the same floor as the operating rooms. The hospital applied for funding to remedy this problem previously, but…
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Boy with Birth Injury Receives Millions in Compensation
As a result of his delivery at London’s St. George’s Hospital in 2004, Leo Whiten suffered severe brain damage that requires others to take care of him. The boy is now seven years old, and he and his family claimed damages against the hospital for personal injury and financial losses because of the negligence shown to Leo’s mother and the birthing process. According to the UK’s The Independent, Judges in the case determined that Leo will never be able to live independently, will not be capable of employment and will not have the mental capacity to handle his own affairs. In fact, Leo has limited mobility, cannot walk or stand unaided and has no functional speech due to the birth injury. The defendant in the case admitted that their breach of duty in the birthing in September 2005, and finally admitted that the breach of duty caused the claimant’s injury…
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