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Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit Filed CR Bard, a leading trans vaginal mesh manufacturer, has been named in a lawsuit alleging that the surgical mesh is responsible for serious complications. Mary Ann McCloskey received a vaginal mesh implant made by CR Bard in November 2006. However, the mesh eroded into her vaginal lining, resulting... Read More at the Birth Injury Blog

Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Build against Device Manufacturers Lora Gunn, a North Carolina resident, filed a transvaginal mesh case against mesh manufacturer Endo Pharmaceuticals together with its predecessor American Medical Systems (AMS) in January 2012. Claiming that she suffered from mesh erosion, where the mesh eroded into surrounding organs, Gunn is... Read More at the Birth Injury Blog

Birth Injury - Jury Verdicts

______ Defense verdict - Unborn Twins Succumb to Rare Pregnancy Complication
Facts: A set of identical twins died allegedly as a result of defendant physicians' medical malpractice, while defendants claimed the babies died from a rare medical condition. A Montgomery County jury returned a defense verdict for the doctors.

Plaintiff Elizabeth K. Hinkley, who was pregnant, presented to the hospital with complaints of decreased fetal movement. She was exami...
- from The Virginia Verdict Reporter (138401) Login for Birth Injury Verdict
______ $825,000 - Medical Malpractice Radiology - Birth Injury - Brain Damage - Radiology - Ob/gyn
Facts: Plaintiff was born in defendant's hospital in 1963. She suffered brain damage and requires lifetime medical care.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant's radiologist misread a radiologic pelvimetry done the day of plaintiff's birth; and the pelvimetry indicated that plaintiff's mother had a very small pelvis and defendant was negligent in failing to perform a Caesarean se...
- from The Georgia Trial Reporter (113080) Login for Birth Injury Verdict
______ VERDICT - AGAINST HOSPITAL ONLY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ALLEGED NEGLIGENT ADMINISTRATION OF DRAMAMINE - FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND ADEQUATELY TREAT LOW BLOOD SUGAR AT BIRTH - FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE SIGNS OF FETAL DISTRESS - SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE TO INFANT.
The parents of the minor plaintiff, age seven at trial, filed this action against the defendant ob/gyn who delivered their daughter and the hospital where she was born. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant physician negligently administered Dramamine prior to the birth, causing unnecessary stress to the infant resulting in low blood sugar to the baby which was not properly...
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______ VERDICT - AGAINST HOSPITAL ONLY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ALLEGED NEGLIGENT ADMINISTRATION OF DRAMAMINE - FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND ADEQUATELY TREAT LOW BLOOD SUGAR AT BIRTH - FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE SIGNS OF FETAL DISTRESS - SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE TO INFANT.
The parents of the minor plaintiff, age seven at trial, filed this action against the defendant ob/gyn who delivered their daughter and the hospital where she was born. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant physician negligently administered Dramamine prior to the birth, causing unnecessary stress to the infant resulting in low blood sugar to the baby which was not properly tr...
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______ VERDICT - HOSPITAL CORPORATE LIABILITY - NEGLIGENT DELIVERY BY MIDWIFE - BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY TO INFANT - LOSS OF FUNCTION OF LEFT ARM - GROSS DEFORMITY IN LENGTH - MUSCLE ATROPHY.
The plaintiffs, a nine-year-old boy at the time of trial and his parents, filed this action against the defendant midwife, obstetrician and hospital where the boy was born. The midwife settled prior to trial for $200,000. The plaintiffs alleged that the care rendered by the defendant obstetrician was inappropriate and that the hospital was corporately liable for the negligence ...
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______ VERDICT - HOSPITAL CORPORATE LIABILITY - NEGLIGENT DELIVERY BY MIDWIFE - BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY TO INFANT - LOSS OF FUNCTION OF LEFT ARM - GROSS DEFORMITY IN LENGTH - MUSCLE ATROPHY.
The plaintiffs, a nine-year-old boy at the time of trial and his parents, filed this action against the defendant midwife, obstetrician and hospital where the boy was born. The midwife settled prior to trial for $200,000. The plaintiffs alleged that the care rendered by the defendant obstetrician was inappropriate and that the hospital was corporately liable for the negligence ...
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______ $1,100,000. See Editor's Note. - Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Results in $1.1 Million Verdict
Facts: After 4 to 5 hours of deliberation, a Hamilton County jury found an OB/GYN liable for a brachial plexus injury sustained during delivery.

Plaintiff mother presented to Defendant Lee Lautman, an OB/GYN, for delivery. Plaintiff mother had a history of shoulder dystocia during a prior birth which resulted in a fractured clavicle for that child. During plaintiff child's deliv...
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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ALLEGED MISMANAGEMENT OF SHOULDER DYSTOCIA BY HOSPITAL RESIDENT - EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO INFANT'S HEAD DURING DELIVERY - ERB'S PALSY - LOSS OF USE OF RIGHT ARM.
This action alleged that the defendant physician, a resident at the time, negligently mismanaged shoulder dystocia during delivery of the minor plaintiff causing Erb's palsy. The hospital which employed the defendant resident/physician was also named as a defendant on a vicarious liability theory. A number of other defendants were named, but were dismissed from the case prior to ...
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______ $1,850,000 - Birth Trauma Resulting in Cerebral Palsy Settles
Facts: An OB/GYN who failed to perform a Cesarean section which failure plaintiff claimed resulted in brain damage to an infant settled the claim for $1,850,000. Defendant had argued that the injury was not a result of the birth process.

An infant allegedly suffered brain damage and neurologic impairment as a result of a prolonged delivery. During labor, the monitoring fetal str...
- from The Georgia Trial Reporter (134603) Login for Birth Injury Verdict
______ $400,000 - Medical Malpractice Claimed for Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury
Facts: Malpractice claims against residents of defendant hospital for allegedly causing shoulder dystocia during an infant's birth were settled for $400,000 despite defendant's denial of any wrongdoing. The child was left with severe limitations of his left arm as a result of the injury.

Plaintiff mother presented for delivery of her child at defendant hospital. She had previous...
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