Horrific delivery death brings verdict

A woman suffered post-traumatic stress disorder following the terrible incident that befell her -- and the sight she witnessed -- in a Kentucky hospital. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that attorneys for Micheatria Donelson, who was 21-24 weeks pregnant at the time, contended that doctors failed to remove a cerclage, a string similar to a shoelace, that was used to keep Donelson's cervix

It took 15 years, but girl wins birth injury verdict

Fifteen years after the tragic event, the legal case of a girl injured during birth has ended with what was believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Michigan history -- $130 million to family of a quadriplegic victim who needs constant care. The incident occurred in Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak when it was noticed that Markell VanSlembrouck was larger than expected at birth

Midwife settles birth injury case

Birth injuries are all-too-frequent occurrences and often blame lies with doctors or hospital staff, leading to major lawsuits. But a case in New Hampshire recently placed fault with another relatively common responsible party in more rural areas in these catastrophic cases -- midwives. Suit was brought by Sarah and Jonathan Sadowski of Concord, whose daughter suffered cerebral palsy following

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,

Jury awards $58M in birth injury case

A jury awarded what was reported as the largest single medical malpractice verdict in Connecticut history with a $58 million decision for a Norwalk child and his parents in a birth injury case. The case took nearly six and a half years to get to a verdict against a Stamford surgeon and his practice. The parents, Cathy and Dominic D’Attilo, told the news media that the verdict came as a huge

Injured as infant, adult finally wins verdict

Nearly 18 years after the incident, a jury in Warren County, N.Y., awarded $3 million to a girl for injuries she suffered during childbirth. The jury found that Marlayna Kineke's cerebral palsy and other health problems were the fault of an obstetrician-gynecologist who delayed for several hours a Cesarean section needed by her mother. Testimony in the trial showed that the doctor was summoned to

Hospital to pay $6.5M in birth injury case

An Illinois hospital has agreed to a $6.5 million settlement in the case of a baby girl injured during childbirth. The medical error occurred in 2000 at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where Denice Cisneros was in labor with her first child. A family practitioner and nurse failed to diagnose cephalic pelvic disproportion, a condition in which a baby's head is too large to fit

Army pays big to settle birth injury case

An Army medical center based in Hawaii has agreed to an $11 million settlement in a birth injury case involving several medical errors and serious brain injury to a newborn. The incident occurred in 2005 at Tripler Army Medical Center, the largest military hospital in the Pacific which serves tens of thousands of service members, veterans and their families. In the birth injury case, Kayla McCraw

Lackawanna birth injury verdict upheld

Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld one of the largest medical malpractice awards ever in Northeast Pennsylvania. The $20.5 million verdict against a Lackawanna County obstetrician and OB/GYN Consultants Ltd. dated back to a 2001 birth injury case. Daniel and Laura White, of Jermyn, PA, filed suit after their son suffered cerebral palsy and near blindness caused by medical mistakes. Before

Forceps delivery results in birth injury, huge verdict

A jury in Milwaukee handed down a $23.3 million award for a brain-damaged baby and his mother in a medical malpractice case. The large verdict resulted from a 2005 case in which Kishia Lee had gone into prolonged labor and was experiencing other signs of trouble that should have signaled a need for a Cesarean delivery, according to a news account of the case. But instead, the doctor at a regional

Judge, not jury, awards $22.6M in birth injury case

Birth Injuries - A judge in Illinois has ruled that two doctors failed to meet the standard of care when they did not administer a pregnant woman or her unborn child antibiotics after her water broke. As a result, an infection traveled to Christian Arroyo’s brain and caused permanent damage. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the child suffered cerebral palsy and as a result of the 2003 medical