Birth Injury Lawyer

In Dublin, Ireland, a boy with severe cerebral palsy has recieved a settlement for 2.8 million euros. This settlement comes without admission of liability.
The representatives of the boy claimed that the boy’s birth was mismanaged. He was born dead but resuscitated. He now suffers from cerebral palsy and erb’s palsy.
Birth injuries are a terrible thing [...]

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A Washington jury has awarded $4.25 million in a lawsuit against Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland, WA. The medical staff is held at fault for causing cerebral palsy.
They delayed the child’s birth for at least 20 minutes after the mother’s placenta abrupted. This caused the oxygen supply to be cut off, leading to cerebral [...]

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In New Zealand three midwives have been asked to apologize for their actions during the delivery of an infant. The first midwife was said to be deficient in her assessment of the woman and in her treatment of the infant. When delivered, the infant was “dark grey, floppy and gasping for air.”
One of the other [...]

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DJ Gregory, a 30 year old golf fanatic with cerebral palsy, has decided to walk every round of this year’s PGA tour. Gregory walks with a different golf pro for each event. This helps to raise cerebral palsy awareness, but is also a personal challenge for Gregory.
Walking 5 to 6 miles each day for 4 [...]

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The St Louis University School of Public Health has just been granted $26.3 million to conduct their studies toward developmental health. This will allow the school to study part of the 100,000 nationwide children from birth to age 21.
Part of the study will include observing pregnant women to try to identify factors that will influence [...]

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