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A Large Verdict Following a Disastrous Birth
An Iowa jury awarded nearly $100 million in damages to the parents of a child catastrophically injured during childbirth and to the child himself. As is often the case in these verdicts, almost half of the money was to pay … Read More
Posted in Birth Injuries, Cesarean Section, Doctors, Health Care Costs, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Case Value, medical malpractice lawsuits, Nurses, trial, Verdicts | Sometimes Doctors Bite Off More Than They Can Chew.
I recently read an interesting summary of a medical malpractice case in which the doctor overextended himself and one of his patients died. The lesson for doctors, which should apply to all the rest of us as well, is don’t … Read More
Caesarian Sections
The Caesarian section can be a life saver for both the mother and her baby. There are a number of conditions which can develop during pregnancy or during the delivery process which require that the baby be delivered by C-section. … Read More
Vaginal Birth After Caesarian Section
Many women who have had Caesarian sections would like to give birth more naturally. Typically, they did not voluntarily choose to have a Caesarian section during their prior pregnancy or pregnancies. More often than not, some complication of the delivery … Read More
Posted in Birth Injuries, Cesarean Section, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice lawyers, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Nurses | Another Large Malpractice Verdict – Part II
Last week I wrote about what was the largest medical malpractice verdict in Maryland history. A young girl, now almost 5, was born prematurely with profound brain injuries as the result of a delay in delivery. Her attorneys argued that … Read More
Posted in Birth Injuries, Cesarean Section, Doctors, Hospitals, Informed Consent, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Malpractice costs, Medical Costs, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice damages caps, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, plaintiff, trial, Verdicts | Another Large Malpractice Verdict
Recently a Baltimore jury awarded just over $229 million in a case involving a birth injury. If that is all you know, you can fill in a lot of the other blanks automatically. You will know that, as in the … Read More
Posted in Birth Injuries, Cesarean Section, Doctors, Health Care Costs, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Informed Consent, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, trial, Verdicts | Birth Injuries
In many ways, there is no more heartbreaking injury than a birth injury in what had been a low-risk, completely normal pregnancy. For nine months the expectant mother had been carrying new life and nourishing it inside her body. The … Read More
Posted in Birth Injuries, Cesarean Section, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice lawyers, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Nurses | More Doctors Behaving Badly
As I have often said, most doctors are caring professionals who would not dream of being disrespectful to their patients. On the other hand, doctors are human and there are regular incidents of doctors behaving badly. Sometimes their actions are … Read More
C-sections on the Rise Despite Risks
Cesarean sections seem to be getting a fair amount of press lately. Many believe that an uncomplicated vaginal delivery is the safest way to give birth, but the relative safety of vaginal versus Cesarean deliveries has never been directly address in a study where women are … Read More
