Midwife faulted in birth injury case

A Maine midwife lost her second large medical malpractice verdict recently when a jury awarded $3 million for a girl who was born severely mentally retarded as a result of a botched delivery. The girl, Hannah Tilton, who is now 10 years old, is confined to a wheelchair, must use a feeding tube and is blind and unable to speak. The birth injury occurred at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Settlement in birth injury case

Injuries during the birthing process appear all too common. In a recent case in Ohio, expectant mother Crystal Rinker was admitted to Mercy Medical Center in Canton on March 13, 2008 and given the drug Pitocin to induce labor. After not delivering in the evening, she was adminsitered more of the drug the next morning by delivery nurses. The drugs caused hyperstimulation in Rinker's uterus,

Target recalls 341,000 step stools with storage due to fall hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Target Corporation, Chefmate 6-Speed Blenders (laceration hazard - 304,000) Pottery Barn Kids, Chloe, Sophie and Audrey soft dolls (strangulation hazard - 81,000) LG Electronics Tianjin Appliance Co., Goldstar or Comfort-Aire dehumidifiers (serious fire and burn hazard -

Medical malpractice turns routine hysterectomy fatal

School teacher Victoria Lynn Brown Harmon checked into a North Carolina hospital for what she thought would be a routine hysterectomy. She was sent home the following day, but she had pain and returned to Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. Doctors attempted to find the problem and they did -- Harmon's bowel had been perforated during the surgery. But by the time doctors discovered what went

Target recalling 341,000 step stools with storage due to fall hazard