A single mother in Florida is fighting to receive the $30 million she was awarded in a cerebral palsy medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Lee Memorial Health System in Lee County, Florida.

A jury granted the $30 million award in 2007 due to the negligence that occurred at the Lee Memorial Health System and resulted in the woman’s son developing severe cerebral palsy.  The boy, now 14-years old, uses a wheelchair and has difficulty speaking and writing.

The case went through an appeals process and was upheld in 2009.  Despite the verdict, the mother has yet to receive the compensation she was awarded and needs the money to take care of her son.

Twice, a claims bill has been filed with the Florida legislature to approve the verdict.  However, the state’s $200,000 cap on liability for government institutions has delayed the payment.

If you or someone you know is seeking compensation for a birth injury like cerebral palsy, contact the experienced Philadelphia cerebral palsy lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-238-1130 today.

A Connecticut jury recently awarded a family the largest verdict in the state’s history in a birth injury lawsuit.  The lawsuit was filed by the parents of a young boy who developed cerebral palsy as a result of a delayed C-section.

The boy’s mother went into labor in February 2003.  Records showed that the mother’s amniotic fluid dropped significantly before she was scheduled to deliver.  However, doctors did not order an emergency C-section until a few days later.  The delayed C-section resulted in hypoxia, brain damage, and cerebral palsy in the mother’s infant son.

The jury awarded the family $58 million.  $8 million of the verdict was given for future medical expenses related to the boy’s cerebral palsy.  $50 million of the verdict was given for emotion and physical trauma.

To discuss the steps to take to filing a cerebral palsy birth injury lawsuit with an experienced attorney, contact the Philadelphia cerebral palsy lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 today.

A mother from Clarksville, Tennessee was recently awarded $6 million in the birth injury lawsuit she filed against Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell.  Sahra Sutton filed the lawsuit in September 2008 after her daughter, Matdison Carter, suffered from oxygen deprivation during her birth at the hospital and later developed cerebral palsy.

According to the suit, Sutton’s doctors failed to call for a C-section when it was necessary to prevent her daughter from suffering from oxygen deprivation, brain injury and ultimately cerebral palsy.  Sutton stated, “The midwife told the doctor she needed to do a c-section, but the doctor told me to continue pushing”.  Soon after her birth, Matdison began having breathing problems and had to be placed in an incubator at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for over a month.

Sutton plans to use the money on building a new house that will have wheelchair access for Matdison.

Contact the Philadelphia cerebral palsy attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 if your child has developed cerebral palsy as a result of hospital negligence.

An Ohio family filed a multi-million dollar medical malpractice suit against Dr. Tara Shipman for failing to recognize that a c-section needed to be performed in the birth of their daughter in 2000.  Their daughter, Haley Cobb, was deprived of oxygen at birth resulting in brain injury and cerebral palsy.

Haley’s parents, Debra and Okey Cobb, argue that several factors should have led Dr. Shipman to recognize that a c-section needed to be performed to prevent birth injury.  For instance, Debra Cobb was giving birth for the first time, was over the age of 35 and the baby was overdue.  In addition, the family’s lawyers claim that the information fetal heart monitor used before delivery should have been enough to convince Shipman to order a c-section.

Six out of eight jurors have to find Shipman at fault in order for the Cobb’s to win the case.

If you or someone you love has developed cerebral palsy due to a birth injury, contact the Philadelphia cerebral palsy attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to learn more about your rights.

A California man with cerebral palsy began a climb to the top of Yosemite’s El Capitan- a 3,000 foot mountain situated in the national park.  42-year old Steve Wampler has been in a wheelchair all his life but he says he won’t let it stop him from taking on even the biggest of challenges.

Wampler will sit in a custom designed chair with handles to pull on to lift himself up.  Every pull lifts him about four to six inches higher.  He began the climb on Sunday and by Tuesday had already reached around 750 feet.  Wampler said he estimates that it will take 20,000 pulls to reach the top of El Capitan and expects to be there by Friday.

Wampler, an environmental engineer, trained for a year before the climb.  He hopes to raise around $2 million for his organization, the Wampler Foundation.  The Wampler Foundation helps kids with disabilities across the country by holding summer camp programs.

If you or someone you know suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of a birth injury, contact the Philadelphia cerebral palsy lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to learn more about your rights.

A study published in the September 1st issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, shows a link between the timing of a delivery and the chances of a child developing cerebral palsy.  Cerebral palsy is a muscular and movement disorder that occurs as a result of brain damage incurred at birth.

In the study, researchers found that babies who were born after 37 weeks of gestation were 90 percent more likely to have cerebral palsy than those born at 40 weeks.  Additionally, babies born at 42 weeks or later were 40 percent more likely to develop the disorder than babies born at 40 weeks.

Doctors are still unsure of all the factors that contribute to a baby developing cerebral palsy.  One doctor states, “Until these biological mechanisms are better understood, it would be hasty to recommend intervention on delivery time based on this study”.

If you or someone you love has developed cerebral palsy due to brain injury at birth, contact the Philadelphia cerebral palsy lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to learn more about your rights.