Category Archives: Brain Injury

A sailor who gave birth in a Navy hospital has received $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the baby suffered brain injuries. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the child was born in Guam, where local laws don’t cap malpractice claims. Had the child been born in Virginia, where the parents are from, any award would have been capped at $2.15 million. Attorneys for the woman and her husband, who is also in the Navy, were happy with the settlement, saying that the government was reasonable with how it handled litigation. Court documents indicated that in 2014, the child was born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam, where the couple was stationed there at the time. The mother reportedly arrived at the hospital and her water broke about 6 hours later. However, the child was not born until about 20 hours later. The lawsuit indicated doctors found fetal stool…
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A Maryland jury awarded a woman a record $229.6 million earlier this month after she claimed that her daughter suffered brain injuries during birth due to medical malpractice. According to the Baltimore Sun, the jury award is the largest medical malpractice award in the history of the United States, although it was capped at just over $200 million due to state laws. The mother claimed in her lawsuit against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center that about five years ago, she was told by doctors that her baby would die or suffer brain damage as a result of her suffering from high blood pressure from preeclampsia. Her attorneys argued that this was incorrect. According to the news outlet, the woman decided to forgo a cesarean section and the baby suffered brain injuries. The woman’s lawsuit claimed that child should have been delivered via C-Section and that the child suffered from a…
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According to the Phoenix New Times, a woman is suing a healthcare provider saying her son was born with a skull fracture and permanent injuries due to negligence. The news source reports that the woman and her husband have filed a lawsuit in Arizona, arguing that doctors and nurses made numerous mistakes leading up to the birth of her child that have caused him lifelong disabilities. Her lawsuit indicates that the mother was young and petite, and was under the care of the same doctor throughout the course of her pregnancy. At 39 weeks, she claims the provider deemed her pregnancy non high-risk, although the doctor opted to induce labor. At the time of her induction, the mother claims that a tradition scoring system was not used to determine the readiness of her cervix, and the baby’s weight and position was not verified. She claims that within a few hours…
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