Birth Injury Lawyer

The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help a lot of different medical maladies. There have been recent studies to try to find out if it is useful for treatment of cerebral palsy.
Currently, the treatment is free at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as part of a $1.77 million federally funded study. Some doctors believe this [...]

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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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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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UK researchers have discovered that antibiotics given to prevent premature birth can increase the risk of cerebral palsy. Through this research, they found that 4.6% of children developed cerebral palsy by age 7 if their mothers were given antibiotics. This is a far higher number than the 1.6% of children of mothers who did not [...]

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