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Belleville Family Sues Doctor and Hospital for Birth Injury
According to the Madison St. Clair Record, Jennifer and Lance Schenider filed a lawsuit against Protestant Memorial Medical Center doing business as Memorial Hospital and Dr. Michael E. Herrmann. The parents allege their daughter, Sophia Schenider, suffered a brain injury during the birth process and action of both hospital and doctor caused her cerebral palsy. The Scheniders claim their daughter was born with hypoxic brain injury, which is when the brain does not receive enough oxygen during the birthing process. Because of her brain injury, Sophia developed cerebral palsy. Sophia lost enjoyment of a normal life and sustains disfigurement, disability, pain and suffering, according to the complaint. Sophia Schenider has no ability to become adequately educated, has suffered impaired earning capacity, and will continue to incur large medical costs, the lawsuit states. Her parents allege the hospital and Dr. Hermann caused Sophia’s injuries by negligently rupturing membranes when her head…
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Birth Injury Lawsuit Nets $14 Million Award
Families who have children that suffer birth injuries and birth defects caused by birth injuries often have huge medical bills and the expense of providing round the clock professional care for their child. While all doctors try to make the best decisions for their patients during the urgent time of labor and delivery, mistakes can happen. Sometimes those decisions don’t work out as intended and the consequences are devastating for the newborn baby, the family and the doctor as well. One such case occurred in Ohio, the doctor (defendant) made decisions during the birth that resulted in the baby being born with cerebral palsy. The plaintiff alleges that the physician ignored information from a fetal heart monitor that clearly indicated that the mother should have received a cesarean section. The family claimed that because the doctor did not perform a cesarean section the baby did not receive enough oxygen at…
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Allergan Settles on Botox Case
Allergan, Inc. has admitted to attempting to market and sell Botox for unapproved uses. There has been a criminal investigation into Allergan’s marketing activities for the product Botox. Prosecutors report that the marketing was aimed at increasing off label sales as a treatment for headaches, spasticity, pain and cerebral palsy. Based on the allegations within the lawsuit, as a part of their shady marketing practices the company trained doctors how to bill for using Botox for unapproved uses and set up a Reimbursement hotline to help doctors get reimbursed for using Botox for unapproved uses. The settlement of the investigation includes an admission of guilt by Allergan, Inc. a criminal fine of $375 million and a $225 million civil settlement to the federal government. The civil settlement resolves the allegations that Botox has induced doctors to trick the government into paying for the use of Botox for non-sanctioned uses. The…
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