Tag Archives: Birth Defects
Cerebral Palsy Most Common Birth Defect Caused by Medical Negligence
According to Seedol, cerebral palsy is a common birth defect caused by a medical negligence. Cerebral palsy has a significant effect on a child’s future development and requires a lifetime filled with doctor’s visits, rehabilitation and trips to a specialist. Other types of birth injuries include bruising, swelling, forceps scars that may not be as serious and usually heal within a few weeks. Temporary loss of nerve of muscular function caused by bruising, pressure or swelling around the nerves can also be caused by a birth injury, but usually will heal within weeks or months. Cerebral palsy attorneys agree with medical professionals that cerebral palsy causes permanent damage, where muscles suffer from impaired coordination as well as other disabilities. In some cases, cerebral palsy is caused by the lack of oxygen going to an infant’s brain during child birth. Cerebral palsy is a condition, sometimes thought of as a group…
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Wisconsin Girl Receives $18.2 Million in Birth Injury Award
According to Seedol, a Wisconsin woman was awarded a birth trauma settlement of $18.2 million after a jury found the former Sinai-Samaritan Hospital in Milwaukee negligent in the brain injury lawsuit. The plaintiff alleged that she received horrific care from the federally funded hospital that led her daughter to suffer permanent and severe brain damage. The plaintiff claimed she went to the former Sinai-Samaritan Hospital for the delivery of her daughter, and that the hospital staff failed to address her risk of complications , and that she was not referred to a specialist despite the fact that she had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and had a documented history of previously delivering above average weight babies. Instead, the plaintiff received care by a family practice doctor as well as midwives. According to her birth injury lawsuit, had her pre-registration notes been carefully read, the staff would have provided her the…
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Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Deaths May Exceed 190 in United States
According to About Lawsuits, Yaz and Yasmin birth control pill related deaths may exceed 190 in United States alone, says a recent report. The German-based Coalition against Bayer Dangers reports that a search of the FDA’s adverse events database revealed that there have been 140 Yasmin deaths reported in connection to women taking the birth control pill and another 50 Yaz-related deaths reported in connection to newer version of the drug. The numbers in the database only present women in the United States who may have died as a result of taking Yaz or Yasmin birth control pill. Many of the victims are young women with no reported medical or health problems, who suddenly developed dangerous blood cloths, pulmonary embolisms, suffered strokes or gallbladder diseases after taking the pill. Bayer faces about 7,000 Yaz and Yasmin wrongful death lawsuits, which have been consolidated as a part of a multidistrict litigation…
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