Monthly Archives: February 2014
Michigan Woman Awarded $12.9 Million After Hospital Fails to Order Cesarean Delivery
According to the Flint Journal, a woman in Michigan was awarded $12.9 million last fall after she claimed that her healthcare provider’s medical mistakes during childbirth left her daughter disfigured and without the full use of her right arm. The paper reported that the award was given to Libbey Bryson, 38, of Flint after a 12-day trial. In her lawsuit, Bryson claimed the nerves controlling her daughter’s right arm were severed when resident doctors pulled down too hard on the baby’s head after it was stuck during childbirth on January 1, 2008. The baby reportedly became stuck on her pelvic bone during birth and doctors should have done a cesarean section or delivered using a method that would have caused less strain on the baby, Bryson said. The child has undergone multiple surgeries and continues to wear a brace on her right arm, which is malformed, according to court documents. The Journal…
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Family Settles $9 Million Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit With Hospital
According to the Associated Press, the family of a Virginia boy who was birthed in a Hawaii military hospital has reached a $9 million settlement with the facility after he was born with cerebral palsy. According to the AP, the settlement was recorded in a federal court in Honolulu on January 27, only needing the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice before being awarded. In a lawsuit, the family of Noah Whitney claims he was born in 2010 at Tripler Army Medical Center with a “catastrophic brain injury” because of negligence on the part of the facility. The family alleged that healthcare providers failed to respond appropriately to signs and symptoms of uterine rupture in Noah’s mother and took too long to perform a cesarean section. According to the AP, “Laura Whitney arrived at the hospital on Sept. 7, 2010 with severe lower abdominal pain at about 35 weeks…
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