Category Archives: Brain Injury
Family Sues Fed Over Child’s Brain Injury
A teenager has been awarded more than $15 million after suffering a brain injury during his birth at the Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky. The now 15-year-old suffers from neurological deficits resulting from cerebral palsy, according to his lawsuit, which was filed against the federal government. His family claims that his mother originally suffered from placental insufficiency during the birthing process of her first child, meaning her placenta failed to deliver enough oxygen to the child, resulting in a Caesarean section. However, the family claims that during the injured child’s birth, doctors failed to review the mother’s medical history, which would have indicated she may have needed to undergo another C-Section to deliver the child. The family lawyers claim that had this been done, the child would not have suffered brain injuries. They allege that the mother was also given standard VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) counseling…
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Washington Family Awarded $24 Million for Child’s Brain Injuries
A Washington jury recently awarded a family $23.9 million in damages after it claimed that a child suffered permanent brain injuries due to suffocation during her birth. According to the Port Hadlock Leader, a Kitsap County jury determined that Jefferson County Public Hospital District was negligent in handling the child’s birth, resulting in injuries. Jefferson Healthcare said it would appeal the verdict, which was handed down in December. Lawyers for the family argued that providers with the hospital missed several critical signs during the birthing process in 2014, including that her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, cutting off her supply to oxygen. The attorneys argued that the healthcare providers used a fetal heart monitor during the delivery, but negligently picked up the mother’s heartbeat instead of the baby’s. Following her birth, the child had to be resuscitated to begin breathing on her own. She now has permanent brain injuries…
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Illinois Mother Awarded $101 Million for Child’s Brain Injuries
An Illinois mother was recently awarded $101 million after she sued her hospital when her child sustained brain injuries during birth. According to WLS, a Cook County jury awarded the woman the money for her lawsuit against West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. The woman’s lawsuit claimed that her now five-year-old son suffered permanent brain injuries because nurses and staff members ignored her concerns about not being able to feel her unborn baby moving prior to his birth. She reportedly showed up at the hospital and an ultrasound showed the child was not moving, but nurses did not report the findings to doctors. She then allegedly waited for five hours before the delivery process began. When the child was born, he was limp, pale and not breathing, according to the lawsuit. It was later determined that the child may have had brain damage due to a lack of oxygen….
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