According to Seedol, the parents of a birth injury victim have filed a lawsuit against Illinois Memorial Hospital alleging the hospital’s staff caused their daughter’s cerebral palsy. Jennifer and Lance Schneider filed a lawsuit against the Illinois hospital alleging their child was born with a hypoxic brain injury. Hypoxic brain injury means that the infant did not receive enough oxygen to her brain during the birthing process.
The parents also allege that their daughter’s cerebral palsy was caused by medical negligence on the part of a doctor at the hospital. Cerebral palsy is a group of chronic muscle disorders caused by an injury to the brain that a child suffers before or after birth. In many cases, cerebral palsy is directly caused by medical negligence on the part of medical professionals.
Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition that affects the entire family in terms of extensive costs, medications, therapy, counseling, rehabilitation, occupation therapy, and schooling. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it costs an average of $921,000 for a lifetime of indirect and direct costs for an individual with cerebral palsy.
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