A federally employed doctor’s careless and powerful use of forceps during the delivery of a child caused significant and irreparable brain damage. Because of his actions, a federal judge ordered the U.S. government to...
When an unborn baby is adversely affected or the pregnant mother is injured during the course of delivering the baby, the damage caused is unavoidable in most instances. On the other hand, there are...
The family of a boy in Ireland has been awarded $3.3 million in a settlement with the hospital where he was born. The Case at a Glance When the boy’s mother arrived at the...
For more than 40 years, the medical malpractice team at The Fitzgerald Law Firm has been successfully handling birth injury cases. During that time, we’ve helped many children with autism, cerebral palsy, seizures, learning...
Developed in 1953 by physician Virginia Apgar, M.D., the Apgar score is a way to measure the initial health of a newborn. The score brought about a more uniform way of measuring heart rate,...
Cerebral palsy or CP is a term medical professionals use for a group of neurological disorders that impede muscle coordination and body movement. While there are many factors that can cause cerebral palsy, it...
Posted by: James Fitzgeraldon July 11th, 2013 in Autism Blog
For several years now, the medical research community has been working diligently to identify causes of autism. While some have been defined, we still remain a long way from a cure. That’s especially troubling...
Posted by: James Fitzgeraldon July 1st, 2013 in Autism Blog
We have all heard for years about how the biological clock ticks for women, and that after a certain age that’s much younger than the average man they can no longer have children. In...
Cerebral palsy is a condition that has been the target of relentless study by medical researchers for many years. These talented people have made remarkable progress in our fight against this condition, and new...
Posted by: James Fitzgeraldon June 26th, 2013 in Autism Blog
More people than ever before are dealing with autism, and more families in the United States are being forced to learn to live with it than at any point in American history. This statistical...