Glen Falls, NY Doctor to Pay $3 Million for Birth Defects Suffered 18 Years Ago
PostStar.com reports a Warren County state Supreme Court has found a doctor should pay $3 million for injuries a now 18-year-old girl suffered during her birth. The jury found Dr. Stephen Serlin, an OB/GYN should pay the girl who suffers from cerebral palsy and other health issues she suffers because of a brain injury at [...]
March 8, 2011 Read More$3 Million Awarded To Mother Whose Baby Was Injured During Birth
The Chicago Sun-Times reports a Pilsen woman has been awarded $3.27 million by a Cook County jury in her lawsuit against the Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group and the doctor who delivered her baby. In 2002 it was known the woman was expected to deliver a large baby. The woman’s lawsuit alleged her doctor, Dr. Jennifer [...]
November 11, 2010 Read MoreWomen Awarded $19 Million by Texaco in Birth Defects Lawsuit
Women Awarded $19 Million by Texaco in Birth Defects LawsuitFive women who claim that Texaco is responsible for their children being born with various illnesses have been awarded $19 million by a Hinds County jury, reports the Insurance Journal. The women sued Texaco, now part of Chevron Corp., claiming they were exposed to leaded gasoline [...]
April 22, 2010 Read More$23.2 Million Awarded In Birth Injury
The West Central Tribune reports a Kandiyohi County (Minnesota) jury has found Rice Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Community Medical Centers negligent, and awarded $23.2 million to a Paynesville family and their severely handicapped daughter. Deprived of oxygen during her birth, the girl suffers from spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, cortical impairment, neurological difficulties and seizures. Even [...]
February 13, 2010 Read MoreJury Awards $893,684 To Family For Son’s Birth Injury
The Janesville (WI) Gazette reports $893,684 has been awarded to parents of a baby boy who suffered permanent injury to his shoulder during his birth in 2001. The parents sued Janesville’s Mercy Hospital, Mercy Women’s Health Center, Mercy Clinic West and two doctors, claiming they were negligent in the way they handled the mother’s labor [...]
October 27, 2009 Read MoreJury Awards $4 Million To Family Of Child With Birth Injuries
A Palm Beach County, Fla. jury has awarded $4 million to a family whose child was born with severe mental retardation more than 11 years ago at a Florida Hospital. The family’s lawsuit contended that problems getting an operating room led to several hours of delay. They alleged their son suffered permanent brain damage that [...]
March 26, 2009 Read MoreS.C. Jury Awards $4.4 Million in Birth Injury
A York County, S.C. jury has awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a child who suffered a brain injury during a birth at Piedmont Hospital. The jury concluded the hospital was at fault for ssigning a nurse trainee to monitor the mother, Robin Wilson, who arrived three days before her scheduled induction with nausea [...]
February 20, 2009 Read MoreAurora, IL Family Receives $6.5M in Cerebral Palsy Case
An Aurora hospital has agreed to pay a $6.5 million settlement to the family of a 7-year-old boy, Roberto Morales Jr., who allegedly suffered a brain injury at birth due to negligence on part of the staff. According to the lawsuit, the attending obstetrician, as well as the labor and delivery nurse, failed to respond [...]
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