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Family awarded $9.5M medical malpractice settlement for boy with cerebral palsy
An Illinois family has agreed to a $9.5M medical malpractice settlement after mediation with an Illinois hospital, nurse midwife and the nurse’s employer after she claimed that her son’s birth injury, resulting in cerebral palsy, was caused by negligence. The woman filed a cerebral palsy lawsuit claiming her son was deprived of oxygen during the birth process which caused a brain injury. According to her lawsuit, the nurse midwife was required to have a sponsoring physician on call but her sponsoring physician was away and she did not call another physician in to the case. The child, who is now 14, has a permanent disability which requires lifetime care. In the settlement, the hospital has greed to pay $7.5 million. The doctor and midwife will each pay $1 million as part of the settlement. Cerebral palsy can be caused by the lack of oxygen at birth which can cause permanent…
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$4M awarded in Maryland cerebral palsy lawsuit
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Civilian doctor is considered government employee
A court ruled that civilian doctors working at a military hospital can be considered as government employees as far as the Federal Tort Claims Act is concerned. Saving Shiloh As a result of the U.S. Circuit Court ruling, a Navy serviceman and his wife won a $40 million award after their son suffered extensive birth trauma in a U.S. Navy hospital in Florida that resulted in severe brain injuries. Though the amount of the award is being disputed on appeal, a central facet of the case — that the civilian doctor was, for all intents and purposes, a government employee and therefore subject to FTCA — has withstood the court’s scrutiny. Parasomnia movie download Equilibrium ipod Obsessed full movie Dot.Kill movie Emotional Arithmetic move Military hospitals often hire civilian doctors on contract to supplement the ranks of military doctors, especially in non-military areas like obstetrics. This ruling will help families…
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