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Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Reviews Case Claiming Substandard Care in Palm Beach County
Parents of a brain-injured baby have recently filed a birth injury suit against St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. The suit alleges that the mother received substandard care, and as a result her baby acquired brain damage during delivery leading to his eventual diagnosis of cerebral palsy. According to the plaintiff, the hospital admitted the mother at six months pregnant with ruptured membranes. After two weeks in the hospital, nurses found a blockage in the mother’s IV tube and a declotting drug was administered. However, the mother had an allergic reaction to the drug, causing the fetal heart rate to drop. The doctors eventually ordered an emergency C-section nearly one hour after the mother’s allergic reaction. After birth, MRI scans showed that his brain has been injured. The baby weighed only 2.4 pounds, had difficulty breathing and a slow pulse. Within three months, he was diagnosed with cerebral…
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After Traumatic Birth, Mother Receives $1.2 Million Settlement
A woman had a fairly normal delivery in a New York hospital. She gave birth to an 8 pound, 10 ounce baby with few complications. However, after he was born, doctors noticed that the child had a very weak cry. They instantly took the child to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and he remained there for three months. Doctors had to perform surgery to correct a problem with his diaphragm. Now, the child suffers from quadriplegia, seizures and developmental problems. The suit alleges that the hospital sent her a notice after she took her child home. She was told that her son technically died for about an hour while he was in the NICU, and that he sustained multiple injuries while in hospital care, including: Gastroesophageal reflux disease Cardiorespiratory arrest Bilateral pneumothoraces Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy The mother filed a lawsuit against the hospital for its negligent care that resulted…
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Girl Born in Jail Suffers Birth Trauma Injuries
Wayne County has recently settled a birth trauma lawsuit filed by a woman who gave birth in jail. Chantrienes Barker went into labor in 1998 while incarcerated. Officers sent her to a hospital, but returned her to jail just two hours later. She and other inmates repeatedly urged guards to return her to the hospital, saying that her labor pains were increasing. She gave birth in jail, and her daughter now suffers from brain damage. Barker sued the county for violating her civil rights, and the county agreed to an $8 million settlement. The County’s Defense Initially, the county said that it was not responsible for the infant’s health due to a landmark abortion ruling. Since Roe V. Wade decided that life did not begin before birth, the county argued, jail officials had no responsibility to provide adequate care to Barker’s unborn child. Barker’s lawyer did not accept this argument….
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