A UK study has found a small link between a certain class of antibiotics and a higher incidence of cerebral palsy and epilepsy. While the findings have led some scientists to caution against the use of certain antibiotics during pregnancy, leaving infections untreated continues to... Read More

A doctor in Asheville, North Carolina who is currently under investigation by the state’s medical board for the deaths of three infants during or just after home births he attended was also sued in 2007 in a birth injury lawsuit. The child in question was... Read More

The highest court in Maryland rejected a final appeal by MedStar Harbor Hospital, allowing the plaintiffs to receive a $20.6 million jury award to care for their severely disabled child. The original verdict in this birth injury lawsuit was handed down in 2012 by a... Read More

A West Palm Beach, Florida family has filed a cerebral palsy lawsuit against the obstetrician who delivered their son. The now 16-year-old boy was born with cerebral palsy and currently has the intellectual abilities of a 2-year-old. His parents are suing the doctor for millions,... Read More

A birth injury lawsuit has been filed in South Carolina on behalf of a minor child who suffered a brachial plexus injury during childbirth. The complaint asserts that the child’s condition, characterized as “severe and permanently debilitating injury, deformity, pain, and suffering, which requires costly... Read More

Following the untimely loss of their newborn child, a couple recently filed a birth injury lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado – alleging, among other things, the wrongful death of their twin son after a forceps-assisted delivery resulted in... Read More

A mother has filed a medical malpractice case on behalf of her injured daughter, alleging delays in her delivery led to her child's permanent disability. The plaintiff is holding the United States of America liable for her injuries, claiming the physicians overseeing her daughter’s delivery were employees... Read More

Described by experts as “the most damaged category of persons,” an eight-year old girl suffering from the severest form of cerebral palsy has accepted a $2.82 million settlement from the hospital alleged to have caused her suffering. The child’s family filed the birth injury lawsuit... Read More