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Learn How Air Pollution From Coal Plant Led To Low Birth Weight Children

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on October 23rd, 2017 in Personal Injury

Results from a new study indicate that a coal-burning power plant is responsible for an increase in the number of low-weight babies born downwind of the facility. Is this true? If it is, what...

How Did a 10-Minute Delay in Treatment Lead to $9 Million Settlement?

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on December 5th, 2016 in Birth Injury Blog, Cerebral Palsy Blog

A 10-minute delay by an inexperienced doctor before rushing an expectant mother into an emergency cesarean section birth has led to her child developing cerebral palsy. As a result, the hospital has paid a...

How’d This Delivery Room Team Miss Fetal Distress?

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on November 9th, 2016 in Birth Injury Blog

The family of a five-year-old boy who was born with cerebral palsy after hospital personnel completely whiffed on identifying signs of fetal distress has been awarded $28.7 million in a birth injury case. The...

How Misjudging Baby’s Weight Can Lead to Birth Injury

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on September 15th, 2016 in Birth Injury Blog, Blog

A recent study published by the Journal of Perinatology has found that health care professionals routinely underestimate the weight of babies to be delivered. This is crucial because – as the study found –...

Premature Baby Falls From Incubator; Suffers Cracked Skull

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on July 15th, 2016 in Birth Injury Blog, Blog

A baby from the Bronx has suffered a cracked skull after she fell through the door of an incubator at the neonatal unit at NYU Medical Center. Here’s What Happened The mother of the...

Appeals Court Upholds $3 Million Ruling for Birth Injury Caused by Topamax

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on June 8th, 2016 in Birth Injury Blog, Blog

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A $3 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson for severe birth injuries that resulted from the mother taking Topamax has been upheld by a Pennsylvania appeals court. While Topamax is normally prescribed to ease...

Chemical Birth Defects and Avoiding Exposure to Toxic Substances

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 15th, 2013 in Birth Injury Blog

There are many different steps that need to be taken when a woman is pregnant that will minimize the chance that the child will be harmed and ultimately be born with birth defects. Expecting...

The Struggles and Challenges Faced by Birth Injury Survivors

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 1st, 2013 in Medical Malpractice Blog

Parents understand that giving birth to a child is a day that they will never forget as long as they live. Few if any things are more momentous than these events. Nothing is more...

How Birth Injuries Affect Those Who Need to Deal with the Aftermath

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on December 31st, 2012 in Autism Blog

That conditioning is hardly unfounded. For the most part, medical professionals who manage births handle their duties properly and help to bring healthy babies into the world. Unfortunately, though, that is not always the...

Parents of a Child Suffering a Birth Injury Endure a Range of Difficult Emotions

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on December 14th, 2012 in Birth Injury Blog

Unfortunately, not all childbirths go smoothly and come off without incident or without problems. Mothers and infants can both be harmed during birth for many reasons, and the results of these types of injuries...