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Mistakes made by medical doctors and staff, left a newborn seriously injured. A Lawyer reports that the child has now been awarded £4.6 million. The compensation will go a long way towards helping his family pay for his continued care.

In June 2004, the boy was born at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn. The boy suffered injuries that were severe when, during the delivery, medical personnel misinterpreted his mother’s heartbeat as his. This misinterpretation led to the staff not realizing that he had an abnormal heartbeat. Had the staff been more diligent and questioning, they would have noticed and been able to avoid the birth injury. Their misunderstanding led to a catastrophic delay in the boy’s delivery which resulted in the fetus’s heart beat stopping. Serious brain injury occurred because of the ensuing oxygen starvation to the brain.

The family’s legal counsel genuinely argued that had his birth been just ten minutes sooner, his client would have escaped injury completely, and the sole responsibility for that should reside on the medical doctor and staff present. The boy will have to suffer with cerebral palsy and learning difficulties for the rest of his life. He will also be wheelchair dependent forever.
Early last week, the Judge at the High Court in London read and approved of the offered settlement package. It is expected to be awarded to the boy over the course of his lifetime. A source from Manhattan and Long Island said, “The specifics of his payment schedule are unknown, but similar cases usually result in a lump-sum payment coupled with annual amounts paid out to cover the cost of extensive care needs. Professional legal counsel undoubtedly took into consideration the annual cost of caring for a growing child with such dependencies, and when attempting to reach an agreement they no doubt argued those points.”

The judge was heard congratulating the boy’s parents on the level of care they were providing for their son already.

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A medical malpractice suit involving the birth of a child has recently ended with a $7 million settlement. The Judge has recently approved the settlement described a Lawyer. The child who is the subject of the case has a very rare genetic defect.

The lawsuit was filed in 2008 against a genetic counselor, nurse, and two doctors who were from China. It is alleged by the patient that the correct medical counseling was not available before the woman gave birth. The woman successfully gave birth to a baby girl which had cat cry syndrome.

The girl is now three years old but is still affected by her condition. She has mental and physical disabilities as a result of this. The parents argue that if the abnormalities were detected earlier then it would have been easier for the patient to decide whether or not to go ahead with the pregnancy. A procedure known as amniocentesis is fairly routine and this would have been able to detect the problem.

The two doctors, the nurse and a genetic counselor are all mentioned on the original malpractice suit mentions the source.

The lawyers of the defendants have denied the suggestion that they were medically negligent in their handling of the pregnancy. The hospital said that they were offered the diagnostic tests but turned them down; however, the parents of the baby girl deny that they were ever offered this.

The Judge approved the settlement of $7 million after first listening to a short hearing in Worcester Superior Court.

This includes $4 million dollars which will be left in a trust fund to take care of future medical expenses of the child as she grows older.

Hopefully she now has enough money to make sure that she is looked after correctly for the rest of her life, explains the rep.

The settlement is thought to be the largest of its type in the area of Massachusetts. All the lawyers signed a confidentiality agreement which means that the lawyers cannot talk about the case in more detail. Unless there's a case in Long Island or Manhattan.

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When it’s time to give birth, the parents are excited and anxious for everything to go well. When they don’t and their child suffers permanent disabilities because of a hypoxic brain injury, a lawsuit usually follows.

In this case, the parents filed a med mal lawsuit against the hospital and the doctor who delivered their baby girl. The claim states that the doctor ruptured membranes in her head and didn’t use the proper resuscitation techniques and then compounded the whole mess by failing to perform a C-section immediately, reported the doctor. As a result of this gruesome series of errors, the baby did not get enough oxygen to her brain and was born with cerebral palsy, unable to hear properly and with learning disabilities.

The parents filed a claim asking the court for compensatory damages for their baby’s suffering, pain, disability, disfigurement and her inability to ever be able to enjoy a normal life, explained the source.

While it is true that cerebral palsy may happen without the doctor making any medical mistakes, it is equally clear that if the doctor does follow the proper and accepted standards at birth, the child’s brain would not have been deprived of oxygen.

Since the baby “was” deprived of air at the crucial time, the med mal lawsuit may result in compensation for the baby’s disabilities. Fair compensation is not possible without the dedicated and skilled assistance of a doctor. Hospitals in Manhattan and Staten Island try to avoid these situation.

When it’s time to give birth, the parents are excited and anxious for everything to go well. When they don’t and their child suffers permanent disabilities because of a hypoxic brain injury, a lawsuit usually follows.

In this case, the parents filed a med mal lawsuit against the hospital and the doctor who delivered their baby girl. The claim states that the doctor ruptured membranes in her head and didn’t use the proper resuscitation techniques and then compounded the whole mess by failing to perform a C-section immediately, reported the doctor. As a result of this gruesome series of errors, the baby did not get enough oxygen to her brain and was born with cerebral palsy, unable to hear properly and with learning disabilities.

The parents filed a claim asking the court for compensatory damages for their baby’s suffering, pain, disability, disfigurement and her inability to ever be able to enjoy a normal life, explained the hospital spokesperson.

While it is true that cerebral palsy may happen without the doctor making any medical mistakes, it is equally clear that if the doctor does follow the proper and accepted standards at birth, the child’s brain would not have been deprived of oxygen.

Since the baby “was” deprived of air at the crucial time, the med mal lawsuit may result in compensation for the baby’s disabilities. Fair compensation is not possible without the dedicated and skilled assistance of an expert. This would be true in Manhattan and also in Long Island.

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The parents of a five year old boy filed a malpractice suit due to injuries sustained during the birth of their son. The case has been settled after being in court for just three days explains a prominent New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer.

The New York City Medical Malpractice Lawyer was told that the parents of the child were awarded $8.5 million to cover medical costs and care required due to mistakes made when their don was born. The five year old boy still suffers from seizures and is not able to walk unassisted. The boy will need medical treatment for his entire life because he suffered from brain damage.

Everything seemed fine when the delivery started explained the Manhattan Medical Malpractice Lawyer. However, according to medical reports and records at 9 AM concerns were raised about the heart rate meter dropping significantly. The heart rate of the baby was originally at 140 beats per minute, but fell as low as 60 beats per minute.

The heart rate being as low as 60 beats per minute is very serious and can cause long lasting damage. The nurse continued to monitor the situation but waited for half an hour before alerting the obstetrician. This was found out by looking at telephone records which show when she started making phone calls to the obstetrician.

The attending obstetrician arrived 22 minutes after he was called. However, the caesarean section was not carried out until 11AM. The procedure was very quick and only took around 4 minutes to take the baby out. If this was performed immediately without the delays that were really experienced, then the family could have been facing a very different future.

The New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer explains that an expert witness was called to give evidence. They said that if the C-section was performed earlier then it would be much more likely that the baby would not of been harmed. The birth injuries were preventable if the doctors acted quickly. Lawyers in Manhattan, New York City have stated the same case.

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