Category Archives: Premature Birth
Disfigurement Lawsuit Results in $47 Million Verdict
A federal jury in Pennsylvania awarded a 5-year-old girl and her parents $47 million earlier this year for disfigurement injuries suffered during birth. According to the New York Post, the girl’s lawsuit claims she was disfigured when hospital staff members wrapped her head with ACE Bandages that were too tight following her birth. She reportedly suffered severe scalp wounds and will need reconstructive surgery during her lifetime. There are also reports indicating she will not be able to grow hair properly. The couple involved in the lawsuit is from Texas and were traveling prior to the girl’s birth, when the mother had her prematurely at the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown. The lawsuit claims that the child was misdiagnosed with a subgaleal hemorrhage instead of a cephalohematoma by doctors at the hospital, thus resulting in her head being improperly bandaged. For further information about this lawsuit, you can click…
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Preterm Boys at Higher Risk for Death and Disabilities
According to ScienceDaily, a global study on preterm birth and disability carried out by almost 50 researchers and 35 institutions found that baby boys are at a higher risk of death and disability due to preterm birth than girls are. The news service reported that a report in Pediatric Research indicated that boys are 14 percent more likely to be born preterm than girls are. “Baby boys have a higher likelihood of infections, jaundice, birth complications, and congenital conditions, but the biggest risk for baby boys is due to preterm birth. For two babies born at the same degree of prematurity, a boy will have a higher risk of death and disability compared to a girl. Even in the womb, girls mature more rapidly than boys, which provides an advantage, because the lungs and other organs are more developed,” Professor Joy Lawn, M.D., PhD, a neonatologist and epidemiologist at the…
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Our Birth Injury Attorneys Offer Representation in Austin
[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”Austin, TX” marker=”no” z=”14″] Austin is the capital of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a population of 842,592. Austin has a humid subtropical climate, characterized by hot summers and mild winters. Transit and Higher Education Major roadways in Austin include Interstate 35, Mopac Expressway, U.S. Highway 183, State Highway 71 and U.S. Highway 290. Austin’s airport is the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, located 5 miles southeast of the city. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Metro provides public transportation to the city, primarily by bus. Austin is home to the University of Texas at Austin, the flagship institution of the University of Texas System with over 38,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 graduate students. Attractions and Parks As Austin’s official slogan is “The Live Music Capital of the World”, the city has…
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