A family in New Jersey has been awarded $18.5 million in a birth injury lawsuit brought against a Newark hospital after a prolonged C-section led to brain damage for the infant.

The lawsuit was filed in 2002 against NEwak Beth Israel Medical Center and Dr. Joan Lieser on behalf of Darius Morgan, who is now 12 years-old. According to court documents, Dr. leiser waited too long to perform an emergency C-section during Morgan’s birth in 1998. Experts testified that if Morgan had been delivered eight minutes earlier he would not have suffered the brain damage that resulted in cerebral palsy.

Cerebral palsy can be caused by injury or damage to an infants brain during the delivery process. If an infant is deprived of oxygen, the brain can sustain irreversible damage that will result in developmental problems and other life-long injuries.

If you suspect that your or your child have been victims of medical negligence, those responsible could be held liable for the financial and emotional losses suffered. Please contact a Philadelphia birth injury lawyer of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 today.

The High Court of England has sided with 16 families who claim a toxic dust released during the clean-up of a former British Steel site resulted in birth defects in their newly born children.

According to court documents, the toxic dust released into the air in Corby Borough is “capable” of harming pregnant women, causing birth injuries, and limb deformities in children. Children around Corby have been born with missing fingers and limbs.

Former Corby Borough Council leader Kelvin Galdenning made headlines recently when he told the BBC that the council does not have “anything to regret” about the incident, adding that the families of injured children “shouldn’t be blaming [Corby Borough Council], they shouldn’t be blaming anybody at all.”

The amount of compensation to be awarded in the birth injury lawsuits has yet to be decided.

If you suspect that your or your child have been victims of medical negligence, those responsible could be held liable for the financial and emotional losses suffered. Please contact the Philadelphia birth injury attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 today.

A woman from Florida has been awarded $10 million in a birth injury lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed by Margarita Chess, of Volusia County, alleges that negligence on the part of EVAC Ambulance, Bert Fish Medical Center, Halifax Medical Center, and Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando caused her son to suffer a birth injury that resulted in cerebral palsy. Chess’s son was born six months premature. The lawsuit contends that when Chess went into labor at Bert Fish in 2003 she was sent by EVAC Ambulance to Halifax Medical but was rerouted to Arnold Palmer. Court documents claim that when Chess’s son was born, 15 minutes into the drive, that he had trouble breathing. Ambulance paramedics conducted CPR, but the boy suffered a lack of oxygen which caused brain damage resulting in cerebral palsy.

All of the defendants, except EVAC Ambulance, settled with Chess before the case went to trial for $1.4 million. A jury returned a verdict against EVAC totaling $10 million dollars to cover past medical fees, pain and suffering, and future medical fees.

Cerebral palsy can be caused by an injury to an infant’s brain before, during, or shortly after delivery. Oxygen deprivation can result in irreversible damage.

If you suspect that your or your child have been victims of medical negligence, those responsible could be held liable for the financial and emotional losses suffered. Please contact the Philadelphia birth injury attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 today.