The woman claims her doctor acted negligently when she decided to deliver the child vaginally instead of via Caesarean section. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff argues that her doctor should have known the baby was at high risk for experiencing shoulder dystocia because of her obesity and diabetes.

Shoulder dystocia is when a baby’s shoulders become stuck between the mother’s pelvic bone when being delivered vaginally. It can cause nerve damage in the shoulders, arms, and hands which could eventually cause paralysis. More serious effects could lead to lack of oxygen and death.

If your child has been injured during delivery due to the negligence of the hospital staff, contact the Philadelphia birth injury lawyers of the offices of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 215-238-1130.

The mother filed the birth injury lawsuit after nurses at the hospital were unprepared to prevent her son from suffering from oxygen deprivation that caused him to develop cerebral palsy.  The jury ruled that the nursing staff was 100 percent responsible for the now 4-year old boy’s injuries because they did not properly monitor his fetal heart rate.

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According to court documents, the midwife was negligent in her delivery of a baby boy in 2006.  The midwife pulled on the infant’s head and arms to help remove him from the birth canal.  The boy suffered from shoulder dystocia during the delivery because of the midwife’s negligent practices.  Shoulder dystocia occurs when an infant’s shoulder becomes caught on their mother’s pubic bone, making delivery more difficult than normal and often causing serious nerve damage.

The boy has permanent nerve damage and a permanently disabled right arm as a result of the negligent delivery.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Christian Arroyo, of Gurnee, a six year-old boy who suffered brain damage at birth and now is a quadriplegic with severe cerebral palsy. Arroyo was delivered in May 2003 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. David Pritchard, attorney for the Arroyo family, explained that the lawsuit was brought in federal court against the United States government because the doctors involved in the boys delivery work for a federally funded clinic.

The case was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which allows lawsuits against the federal government, but requires a bench trial without a jury.

United States District Judge Amy St. Eve announced her decision on April 2.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of Philadelphia medical malpractice or negligence, please contact the experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. to learn more about the legal options available to injured patients. Please call 215-238-1130 today.

Proffessor Tom O'Dowd, GP of Tallaght Hospital and Trinity College Dublin public health specialist, claims thousand of referral letters were left, unopened, around the hospital in 2009. O'Dowd estimates the number of unopened letters could be as high as 30,000. O'Dowd says in April 2009 a manager at the hospital told him that "two years of GP referral letters" had not been opened or reached the consultant for whom they were addressed. 

Tallaght Hospital released a statement disputing O'Dowd's claims. The hospital said in there statement that there "was never anything like 30,000 unprocessed letters… All GP referral letters are opened on receipt and processed according to speciality… In October 2009, action was taken to clear a backlog of 3,498 letters which had not been reviewed by a consultant. All of these are now actively being dealt with."

If you or someone you love has been the victim of Philadelphia medical malpractice or negligence, please contact the experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. to learn more about the legal options available to injured patients. Please call 215-238-1130 today.

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Compensatory damages are awarded to cover the financial burden that accompanies an injury. Medical bills, rehabilitation expenses, ambulance bills, prescription costs, nursing care expenses, and the cost of domestic services are commonly covered by compensatory damages. 

Compensatory can also cover non-economic damages. Money can be recovered for the pain and suffering the victim has experienced. Mental and emotional suffering, inconvenience, and loss of enjoyment of life are also covered by compensatory damages.

The second type of damages awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit are punitive. This is money awarded to a plaintiff in order to punish the offending medical worker or facility in the lawsuit. The goal of punitive damages is to serve as a malpractice deterrence and force medical professionals to take preventative steps to avoid negligence in the future.

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The court, divided 4-3, reversed a state Court of Appeals decision allowing a claim to proceed against a physician's assistant accused of misdiagnosing a boy's bone infection. 13 year-old Patrick Griesbach went to Walled Lake Medical Center for pain in his right leg on July 2, 2002, where he was examined by physician's assistant Robert R. Ross. Ross prescribed numerous drugs to the child, but failed to diagnose a bone infection. Griesbach later underwent emergency surgey and sustained irreversible cartilage damage in his hip.

Dissenting Justice Stephen Markman criticized the court for taking on powers that belong to the Legislature, saying the court's majority decision "ought to be deeply troubling to citizens of this state concerned about representative government."

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If your child has suffered serious injuries during childbirth, you may be able to pursue a medical malpractice case. For assistance with your birth injury claim, contact the Philadelphia birth injury lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-329-3511 today.