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Birth Trauma Lawyers Examine Claims in New Illinois Birth Injury Lawsuit
Every second counts during the birth of a child. If doctors wait too long to make a decision, it can cause lifelong complications, disabilities and an early death for the child. A birth injury lawsuit filed in Cook County alleges that a doctor’s delayed decision to order a C-section resulted in the death of a child just days after his birth. The mother blames the doctor responsible for the delivery and the VHS West Suburban Medical Center in Illinois for the newborn’s wrongful death. She also claims that the hospital failed to warn her that a vaginal delivery might not be the best option for her due to a previous C-section. During labor, the lawsuit says the mother suffered a uterine rupture and a severe loss of blood. The doctor eventually decided to perform a C-section. Her son did not have a pulse when he was born, and he died…
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FDA Faces Lawsuit Over Thalidomide Documents
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been sued for allegedly failing to turn over documents pertaining to the use and distribution of the morning sickness drug thalidomide. Attorneys filing a birth injury lawsuit against the companies involved with the drug claim they repeatedly requested the documents, but have not received them. The lawsuit the records pertain to claims the defendants withheld evidence proving that the morning sickness drug caused birth defects. The complaint also claims that Smith Kline & French (the predecessor to GlaxoSmithKline) distributed thalidomide to more than 20,000 people even though the drug never received FDA approval. We discussed in a previous blog how it is sometimes difficult to know the full range of side effects for each new drug that is introduced to the market. As unfortunate as it may seem, it can sometimes take a wave of birth defects to indicate a dangerous drug. Sometimes…
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