Breech Presentation and Birth Asphyxia
Mismanagement of breech presentation caused a little boy to experience a lack of oxygen to his brain, which caused hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), seizures & cerebral palsy.
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Common Mistakes Doctors Make in Birth Injury Cases
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse ReiterEach birth injury case is unique. However, there are specific types of errors and forms of medical malpractice that appear frequently in these lawsuits. These include the following: Failing to provide proper fetal monitoring It is very important that medical professionals evaluate the baby’s wellbeing throughout pregnancy as well as during the birthing process. This…
Misuse of Pitocin & Cytotec and Delayed Resuscitation cause Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Intellectual Disabilities & Cerebral Palsy in a Baby.
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse ReiterA mother whose baby went past the due date was given Cytotec to induce labor. When the mother’s labor stopped, she was given Pitocin. The medical team did not continuously monitor the baby’s heart rate with the fetal heart monitor; the monitor was taken off at various times during delivery. At birth, which was 13…
Birth Injury Lawyer Jesse Reiter Discusses Delivery Room Negligence
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse ReiterHow can someone who can’t walk…FLY? There is amazing adaptive equipment that helps disabled people, including those with cerebral palsy, go downhill skiing. Even paraplegics and some quadriplegics are coasting down black diamond hills.
Delayed C-section and nuchal cord cause hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
/2 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse ReiterThe medical team failed to notice signs of distress on the fetal heart monitor caused by the umbilical cord being wrapped around the baby’s neck. The C-section was delayed, causing the baby to be severely oxygen-deprived, suffering seizures at birth. He was soon diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a form of brain damage.
Improper anesthesia administration and failure to monitor fetus and resuscitate newborn cause severe brain damage and death of baby
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse ReiterToo much anesthesia and failure to monitor mother and baby cause baby to be born under covers without mother or medical staff noticing; baby suffers brain damage and passes away a few days after birth.
Delayed Emergency C-section Caused Baby to be Born with Brain Damage
/0 Comments/in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) /by Jesse ReiterFarid Fata intentionally misdiagnosed a woman as having cancer and gave her unnecessary treatments for years; Reiter & Walsh’s new client, Patty Hester, speaks out about being one of Dr. Fata’s many victims.
Little boy receives $33.5 million for lifelong care of his cerebral palsy, which was caused by physicians ignoring fetal distress and failing to perform a timely C-section
/0 Comments/in Cerebral Palsy /by Jesse ReiterA baby suffers from cerebral palsy because physicians ignored fetal distress and an obstetrician’s order to quickly perform a C-section
Baby is severely oxygen deprived during birth and suffers permanent brain damage as a result of physicians misusing Pitocin and failing to quickly deliver the baby, despite non-reassuring fetal heart tones.
/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse ReiterA baby suffers severe oxygen deprivation and brain damage when multiple standards of care are violated, including improper use of Pitocin, failure to properly react to non-reassuring heart tones, failure to quickly deliver a baby in distress, and failure to elicit the assistance of an experienced (attending) physician when fetal distress is persistent.
Verdicts and Settlements
$42 Million (Judgment)
birth injury & cerebral palsy
$16 Million ($9 Million)
cerebral palsy & HIE
$16 Million ($4.75 Million)
cerebral palsy
$15.7 Million ($5 Million)
cerebral palsy
$14.6 Million ($3.9 Million)
Brain injury
$11.8 Million ($4.75 Million)
cerebral palsy
$11.3 Million ($5.85 Million)
Brain Injury
$11 Million ($4.35 Million)
Brain damage
$10 Million (5.365 Million)
birth injury
$9.4 Million ($3.75 Million)
cerebral palsy & Birth Asphyxia
$9 Million ($3.85 Million)
cerebral palsy & HIE
$8.7 Million ($3.5 Million)
Delayed delivery
$8.5 Million ($3.9 Million)
cerebral palsy & HIE
$8.3 Million ($3.6375 Million)
cerebral palsy
$8.3 Million ($1.3 Million)
cerebral palsy
$7.5 Million Settlement
Birth Injury
$6.9 Million
Delayed delivery & HIE
$6.8 Million ($3.75 Million)
cognitive defects
$6.6 Million ($3.5 Million)
breech presentation
$6.3 Million ($2.25 Million)
cerebral palsy
$6.159 Million Verdict
HIE & Stroke
$5.9 Million
Cerebral palsy
$5.7 Million ($2.05 Million)
Cerebral palsy & HIE
$5.6 Million
HIE, Seizure Disorders, & Developmental Delays
$5 Million
Maternal Infection & Cerebral Palsy
$4.7 Million ($987,500)
birth injury & HIE
$4.6 Million ($2.75 Million)
Birth Injury & HIE
$4.5 Million
cerebral palsy
$4.2 Million ($1.625 Million)
birth injury
$4.2 Million ($1.125 Million)
Cerebral palsy
$3.5 Million
placental abruption
$3.2 Million ($1.875 Million)
birth injury
$2.9 Million ($1.1 Million)
Birth trauma
$2.65 Million
birth injury
$2.225 Million
cerebral palsy & Birth Asphyxia
$2.1 Million
cerebral palsy
$1.995 Million
developmental delays
$1.95 Million
Cerebral palsy
$1.825 Million
birth trauma
$1.55 Million
Cerebral palsy
$1.485 Million
birth injury
$1.1 Million
birth injury
$1 Million ($550,000)
birth injury
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