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Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers agree with advocates on the importance of raising awareness about the developmental disorder and birth injury known as cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement, muscle tone or posture that is caused by injury or abnormal development in the immature brain, most often before birth. In an unborn child, […]
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Philadelphia medical malpractice attorneys know that many birth injuries come as unexpected to parents during what should be a celebratory time in their lives. Often, it is difficult to understand what happened or what the lasting effects of a birth injury will mean for the parents and their child. Since there are many different types […]
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Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers detail some of the most common causes of brachial plexus injuries in infants. A brachial plexus injury happens when the bundle of nerves located in the shoulder, arm, and hand that attach to the spinal cord is stretched or torn. In infants, brachial plexus injury can result during birth when the […]
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Philadelphia medical malpractice attorneys inform parents that many babies born have or may develop jaundice, the yellow color seen in the skin of many newborns as a result of high amounts of bilirubin in the baby’s blood. However, severe jaundice or jaundice that goes untreated can lead to a condition known as kernicterus affecting a […]
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Medical malpractice lawyers won the family of a now 9-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy a $21 million verdict in Baltimore last week. Jaylan Norfleet was born prematurely and lost oxygen while still in his mother’s womb. Attorneys for the family argued that medical providers at the hospital should have performed a Caesarean section rather […]
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Medical Malpractice Attorneys: Family Awarded $55 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Case Baltimore medical malpractice attorneys helped earn one of the largest verdicts in Baltimore history for the family of Enzo Martinez, a now 2-year-old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder caused by a loss of oxygen to his brain as […]
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Medical Malpractice Lawyers: RCOG Publishes Revised Guidelines on Shoulder Dystocia Medical malpractice lawyers have recently learned that The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) will require all maternity staff undergo additional training practiced on accurate models or mannequins to improve the effects on mothers and their babies who are born with shoulder dystocia. Shoulder […]
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Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Birth Injury Case Resulting in Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis Settled for $5.3 Million Medical malpractice lawyers for a New York family have settled a birth injury lawsuit against New York Presbyterian Hospital for $5.3 Million. The suit alleged that the hospital’s medical staff did not adequately treat a woman while pregnant. She had […]
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