A mother in Pennsylvania recently won $525,000 in a medical negligence lawsuit filed against her obstetrician, nurses aiding in her child’s delivery, and Lower Bucks Hospital.

The woman gave birth to her daughter via C-section in March.  After experiencing abdominal pain for two months after her daughter’s delivery, the mother went to see her obstetrician.  A CT Scan revealed that a sponge from the C-section surgery had been left inside her abdomen and perforated her intestines.

The doctor argued that the nurses in the delivery had miscounted the 25 sponges used in the surgery, and he was not found liable for the woman’s injuries.  However, a jury did find the nurses and Lower Bucks Hospital to be liable for the mother’s post-surgical complications.

If you or your child were injured because a doctor or hospital staff negligently performed a C-section, contact the Philadelphia C-section attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to learn more about how an experienced birth injury attorney can help you.

A new birth injury study reveals the top 3 reasons people file medical negligence lawsuits against OBGYN doctors.  The study, which was conducted by CRICO Strategies, looked at approximately 800 birth injury cases filed between 2005 and 2009.

According to the study, 77 percent of the cases involved clinical judgement errors made by obstetricians.  The second most common concern in birth injury lawsuits was injury caused by miscommunication between doctors, which was a problem in 36 percent of the cases studied.  Lastly, 26 percent of the cases involved technical mistakes.

Other common causes of birth injuries and lawsuits against obstetricians found in study include failure to properly supervise, documentation failures, and administrative failures.  ”There is a substantial body of data that confirms the [results] of this report,” said the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’s deputy executive vice president, Dr. Albert Strunk.

If your child was injured before, during, or shortly after their delivery as a result of doctor or hospital negligence, contact the Philadelphia birth injury lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-238-1130 today.

This month, an Oklahoma family was awarded $1.8 million in a birth injury lawsuit involving a vacuum extraction.  The jury awarded the plaintiffs $1.2 million for medical expenses and $600,000 for pain and suffering.

The lawsuit involved the birth of a girl who is now 3-years old, and has no function in her left arm and hand.  The doctor in charge of the girl’s delivery called for a vacuum delivery.  According to the plaintiffs, this decision was unnecessary because the child was in good health while in utero.

The child’s shoulder became lodged behind her mother’s pelvic bone during the vacuum delivery.  The doctor then pulled on the child to release her shoulder, causing permanent nerve damage.  Doctors are advised to use pressure around the pelvic area or move the mother’s legs when a child’s shoulder becomes stuck.

Contact the Philadelphia injuries from vacuum extractions lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130, if your child suffered injuries when a doctor performed a vacuum delivery.

Last month, a Tennessee mother filed a brain damage birth injury lawsuit against the doctor who delivered her son on June 13, 2009 at NorthCrest Medical Center.  The mother is seeking unspecified, compensatory damages on behalf of her son.

According to the lawsuit, when the child was born, he was gasping for air and had an irregular heart rate.  A nurse in the delivery said the boy did cry and move his arms and legs after his delivery.  Without consulting the family or other staff, the doctor determined that the newborn did not have a chance of surviving and left it alone and without care until the family decided what to do.

A few hours after leaving the child unattended, in a plastic bin, a nurse said she saw the boy trying to breath.  The newborn was resuscitated and transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he stayed for treatment for 3 months.

The plaintiff argues that the doctor’s negligence and incorrect diagnosis and treatment caused her son to develop brain damage.