A mother has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois with allegations of medical negligence by the health care practitioners during her child’s birth. The plaintiff alleges that this medical negligence caused severe birth trauma and resulted in a diagnosis of Erb’s palsy.
During her pregnancy, the Illinois mother developed fetal macrosomia— a term that is used to describe a newborn who is larger than 8 pounds, 13 ounces. Fetal macrosomia often makes traditional delivery difficult, thereby putting the baby at risk of birth trauma and brain injury. Certain precautions are used by medical professionals in other situations which involve fetal macrosomia in order to lessen this risk. This includes providing alternative methods of delivery, such as a C-section.
The plaintiff’s newborn weighed 11 pounds, 11 ounces at birth. Due to the child’s large size, the newborn suffered a brachial plexus injury during delivery and was subsequently diagnosed with Erb’s palsy. If the doctor acted negligently by failing to provide alternative methods of delivery and it caused her child’s injury, that is medical malpractice.
When we trust health care professionals with something as precious as our newborn child, we expect them to act in accordance with medical standards as well as take all the necessary precautions to ensure that child’s well-being. However, as our birth trauma lawyers have experienced in the numerous lawsuits they have filed on behalf of victims, this is not always the case. If your child has been the victim of negligence during birth, talk to us today at 1-800-460-0606 for free legal consultation of your case.
Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP – birth trauma attorneys
[Did You Know: Erb’s palsy can affect 1 or all 5 of the primary nerves that supply the movement and feeling to an arm.]
