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CEREBRAL PALSY VERDICTS
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NEW YORK: $1.65M settlement
with hospital and obstetrician for 4-year-old boy with CP. A newborn
boy was born with severe metabolic acidosis and began to have seizures
within the first 24 hours of life. He sustained severe brain damage at
birth, and was subsequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The fetal
monitoring strips showed that the baby's condition was deteriorating
over time and that the baby was in fetal distress. Lawyers argued that
the bad outcome could have been prevented by expedited and timely
delivery by cesarean section.
NEW YORK: Preterm baby with cerebral palsy receives
confidential settlement. After a pregnant woman came to the hospital,
an electronic fetal monitor showed a nonreassuring strip. Despite this
fact, a decision was made to transfer her to another hospital, where
the fetal heart rate continued to be nonreassuring. The family argued
that the brain damage could have been prevented with a timely
delivery.
NEW YORK: Confidential settlement for child with cerebral palsy.
Mother was admitted to the hospital with mild pregnany-induced
hypertension. During labor, the fetal heart rate developed persistent
decelerations and a rising baseline. A vacuum delivery was
unsuccessful after which a cesarean section was ordered. During the
delay, a prolonged bradycardia started. The family argued that the
baby would not have suffered brain damage due to asphyxia if a timely
cesarean had been ordered and performed.
NORTH CAROLINA: Confidential settlement with hospital for child
with cerebral palsy. Pitocin was ordered to augment labor in a
patient who was making adequate cervical change. Late decelerations
began with decreased variability, however, the pitocin was not turned
off. Experts for the family testified that the baby was exposed to
prolonged hypoxia and was born with brain damage due to asphyxia.
TENNESSEE: Child with Cerebral Palsy Reaches Confidential
Settlement with Hospital. A pregnant woman had clinical signs of
failure to progress and cephalopelvic disproportion during the second
stage of labor. Instead of terminating her labor and performing an
operative delivery, the patient was allowed to labor during the second
stage for almost eight hours. Even after a nonreassuring fetal heart
rate appeared, the delivery still was not expedited. The Defendants
claimed that the child had a shortened life expectancy due to her
feeding tube and other injuries. The case settled shortly after the
deposition of one of the Defendants' obstetrical experts.
VIRGINIA: Child Suffering Stroke Receives Arbitration Award. A
patient with two prior cesarean sections was permitted to attempt a
trial of labor. The patient's labor was augmented with pitocin, but
she made little progress. Nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns
developed and eventually a cesarean section was performed due to
dystocia and fetal distress. The arbitrator found that, if the labor
had been terminated and a cesarean section performed sooner, the
infant would not have suffered an intrauterine stroke which, according
to the Arbitrator, occurred during the last few hours of labor. The
arbitrator awarded damages for the child's right-sided hemiparesis and
other related injuries due to the neonatal stroke.
VIRGINIA: 12 year old girl with CP settles with Hospital and
Obstetrician. Mother complained to her obstetrician that she felt the
baby was moving less. No fetal tests were ordered. She arrived at the
hospital with clear signs of fetal distress, however, the delivery was
still delayed. The baby was asphyxiated at birth. The defense tried to
argue that the baby suffered a stroke days before the delivery.
VIRGINIA: JURY awards $6M to estate of brain-damaged girl. A
Prince William County jury ordered an obstetrician to pay $6 million
to the estate of a brain-damaged girl, based on his failure to
recognize that the baby was growth restricted -- a clear indication
that the placenta was not properly nourishing the fetus. The pregnancy
was further complicated by the fact that the fetus developed outside
the uterus in her mother's abdomen.
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