Category Archives: Birth Injuries
INDIANA PARENTS OF BIRTH-INJURED CHILDREN MAY RECOVER DAMAGES FOR THEIR OWN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
Of every 1,000 infants that are born in America, six to eight of them suffer from a birth injury due to the carelessness of medical staff. The majority of states have a clear wrongful death law in place that allows the parents to recover compensation when their newborn or child is killed due to… Read More »
FOR BIRTH INJURIES, DEADLINES MEASURED IN YEARS, DAMAGE IN LIFETIMES
In the state of Indiana, parents have until their child’s eighth birthday to file a malpractice lawsuit against a medical practitioner, claiming their child suffered a birth injury that would have, with proper care, been avoided. Startlingly, the Department of Health and Human Services reveals that almost one-third of childbirths in the United States… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: $101 MILLION BIRTH INJURY SETTLEMENT AWARDED
At trial, experts testified that Tequila Snow’s firstborn would have been a healthy child if staff members at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois had properly done their jobs. When Ms. Snow arrived at the hospital, fetal monitoring was initiated, but then mother and baby were ignored for five hours. Meanwhile, the… Read More »