Recent Posts in Birth Injury Information Category
Posted on Apr 29, 2018 By California Birth Injury Attorney
A local medical center along with numerous clinicians have been named in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The birth injury lawsuit asserts that a child suffered permanent disabilities following several ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2017 By California Birth Injury Attorney
One of the most devastating types of medical malpractice is when a health care providers’ mistake leads to a birth injury. Some birth injuries may be mild, and significant improvement may be ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2017 By California Birth Injury Attorney
News reports that the House Judiciary committee has approved a bill that would limit the amount that victims of medical malpractice could recover in civil lawsuits. Entitled the “Protecting ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2016 By California Birth Injury Attorney
While having a baby should be an occasion for celebrations, when mistakes are made or errors occur that harm the newborn or mother, families may be left wondering what to do next. One example is when ...
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Posted on Apr 30, 2016 By California Birth Injury Attorney
In the United States, C-sections are the most common operating room procedure – and the rate of C-sections is steadily climbing. Having a C-section is a serious surgery, and patients should ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2016 By California Birth Injury Attorney
When a child is born with a birth injury, families often have many questions. They may worry about providing adequate care for their child, and how they will be able to afford this care. Further, they ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2015 By California Birth Injury Attorney
California legal news reports that a 58-year-old man has been awarded $4.2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The personal injury claim arose from a misdiagnosis. According to reports, the man ...
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Posted on May 29, 2015 By California Birth Injury Attorney
Legal news reports that a $3 million birth injury settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice case involving a mother who had diabetes and was considered to have a high-risk pregnancy. While ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2015 By California Birth Injury Attorney
For years doctors on board cruise ships – and the lines that employ them - have been immune from medical malpractice lawsuits. However, a recent Court of Appeals ruling has made it easier for ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
While the majority of pregnancies, labor and births go smoothly, occasionally errors occur and the birthing process does not go as planned. Doctors, nurses and other health care professionals – ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
As the campaign for medical malpractice reform heats up, Senator Barbara Boxer has become the latest to lend her voice to this critical fight. This past week she joined with mothers who have lost ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
All medical professionals are held to a certain standard of care. Whether it's your nurse, doctor, surgeon or pharmacist, each health care provider owes a duty to act according to a certain ...
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Posted on May 10, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
Recently California Senator Barbara Boxer released a report shedding light on a critical issue that needs to be addressed – the alarming rate of preventable medical errors that occur each year ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
While the majority of doctors provide excellent care, occasionally difficulties arise and during labor and delivery, causing an infant to suffer a birth injury. Although in some situations, a poor ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
A recent study found that despite significant improvements in surgery, surgeons, doctors and other health care professionals still make mistakes at a shocking rate. In fact, a 2012 Johns Hopkins study ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
A recently published study reveals non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) techniques are on the horizon and likely to become the primary method for screening for chromosomal abnormalities such as Down ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
The use of in vitro fertilization and other reproduction technologies have provided great benefit to many couples – often allowing them to have the families they worried might not be possible. ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2014 By California Birth Injury Attorney
This year, voters will have the chance to make a critical impact on the ability of medical malpractice victims to seek justice. A reform measure is now circulating which will be placed on the November ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2014 By Bostwick & Peterson, LLP
At Bostwick & Peterson, LLP we understand the fear and uncertainty of a birth injury. If your baby suffered an injury at birth, you probably have many questions. How will we pay for the medical ...
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