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$15.75 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Birth Delivery
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$1.5 Million Settlement in Failure to Timely Treat Internal Bleeding After Childbirth
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$25.4 Million Jury Verdict for Overuse of Pitocin During Labor and Failure to Properly Supervise Resident
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$27.6 Million Jury Verdict in Inadequate Postpartum Monitoring Results in Cerebral Palsy of Newborn
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$16 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Timely Handle Cesarean Section Delivery
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Illinois Supreme Court Allows Wrongful Death Action to Continue for Fetal Death When Doctors Were Aware of the Pregnancy
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$1.5 Million Settlement in Negligent Silencing of Medical Alarms Causing Death of Infant
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$3 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Discharge of Obstetrics Patient
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$37.6 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Fertility Treatment and Prenatal Care
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$1 Million Settlement for Failure to Timely Diagnose, Treat Congenital Heart Defect
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$3 Million Settlement in Inadequate Response to Fetal Distress, Resulting in Brain Injury
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$320,000 Settlement in Failure to Prevent Intravenous Infiltration to Newborn
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$550,000 Settlement Reached in Negligent Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhaging
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$2.75 Million Settlement in Negligent Labor and Delivery, Inadequate Staffing
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$4 Million Settlement for Failure to Diagnose and Treat HELLP Syndrome
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$5.89 Million Settlement Reached in Failure to Perform Timely Cesarean Section
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Birth Injury Lawsuit Under the Federal Tort Claims Act Because of the Statute of Limitations
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$4.5 Million Settlement Brain Injured Infant, Late Cesarean Section
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for Government in Federal Tort Claim Act in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
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$225,000 Settlement for Failure to Monitor Infant’s IV
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$1.3 Million Settlement for Failure to Timely Deliver Infant
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$3 Million Structured Settlement Reached in Failure to Timely Deliver Infant, Wrongful Death, and Treat High Blood Pressure
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$6.5 Million Structured Settlement Reached in Negligent Intubation Lawsuit
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$365,000 Structured Settlement in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $50.3 Million Jury Verdict in Birth Injury on Trial Error Made as to Late Discovery Disclosures
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict on the Basis of Faulty, Discovery Issues, and Misleading Jury Instructions
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State Appellate Court Holds That Refusal to Excuse Juror with Connection to Defendant Physician Not an Abusive Discretion
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Brachial Plexus Injury Damage Award Where Conflicting Expert Testimony Was Considered
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$6 Million Settlement for Failure to Timely Deliver Twins
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$785,400 Settlement in Birth Injury Lawsuit for Failure to Order Timely Emergency Cesarean Section
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$7.6 Million Jury Verdict in Birth Injury Caused by Negligent Forceps Use
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules that the Wrongful Death Act Did Not Bar Cause of Action or Recovery Against Physician and Medical Institution in Fetal Death
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Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Judgment and Remands Case for New Trial in Birth Injury Lawsuit Based on Motion in Limine
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U.S. Court of Appeals Refuses to Admit Doctor’s General Reputation Found on Internet Websites in Birth Injury Lawsuit
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$12 Million Jury Verdict for Birth Injury Caused by Failure to Discontinue Blood Pressure Medication
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$23.9 Million Jury Verdict for Brain Injury to Newborn for Health Care Provider’s Failure to Properly Monitor During Labor and Delivery
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court’s Dismissal Order That Revives Birth Injury Claims Against Hospital
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$3.5 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Treat Bacterial Infection of Infant, Causing Death
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$1.1 Million Settlement in Obstetric Negligence in Shoulder Dystocia Case
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State Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
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$30.55 Million Jury Verdict for Brain Damage Caused by Inadequate Fetal Monitoring
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$9.9 Settlement Reached for the Brachial Plexus Injury and Brain Damage to Newborn Who Now Suffers Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy
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$24.5 Million Jury Verdict for Maternal Death Following Failure to Timely Treat Placenta Accreta
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses $7 Million Damage Award for Baby’s Brain Injury Caused by Physician’s Malpractice
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$2.4 Million Jury Verdict for Negligent Induction of Labor
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$1.35 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Timely Diagnose, Treat Urinary Tract Infection
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Missouri Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court’s Denial of Party Asking an Insurance Question in Jury Selection; Verdict for Defendants Reversed and Remanded for New Trial
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Fetoscopy Surgery Has Caused Serious Injuries, Including Cerebral Palsy and Hypoxia
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State Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Obstetrics Case That Had Been Dismissed for Claimed Pre-suit Unqualified Medical Expert
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$15.34 Million Jury Verdict for Negligence in High-Risk Delivery
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$47 Million Jury Verdict for Negligent Bandaging of Newborn’s Head
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$500,000 Jury Verdict for Improper Tissue Sample Was Taken from Deceased Fetus
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$3 Million Settlement Reached for Late Diagnosis of Newborn’s Infection, Causing Brain Injury
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Timely Use of Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) Inspires Oxygen in Newborns Suffering from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
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$1.83 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Timely Treat Jaundice Leading to Cerebral Palsy of Newborn
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$40.26 Million Jury Verdict for Paralyzed Infant Following Negligent Breech Delivery
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$11.35 Million Jury Verdict for the Brain Injury Suffered by Newborn Alleged to Have Been Caused by Negligent Forceps at Delivery
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Recent Study Shows That Medical Malpractice Non-economic Damage Caps Do Not Affect the Number of Cesarean Section Deliveries
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$5 Million Confidential Settlement for Birth Injury in Failure to Treat Group B Strep Infection
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Illinois Jury Finds for Obstetrician in Birth Injury Lawsuit Claiming Cesarean Section Should Have Been Done
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Birth Defects In Utero Caused by Father’s Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
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$23.13 Million Verdict Entered for Brain Damage Caused by Untimely Blood Transfusion to Newborn
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$42 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Lawsuit to be Paid by Government
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$4 Million Jury Verdict for Mother’s Postpartum Hemorrhage
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for United States in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Under the Federal Tort Claims Act
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Appellate Court Finds That Failure to Transfer Venue Was Not Prejudicial in Affirming $38 Million Jury Verdict
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Early Induction of Labor Causes Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy of Newborn Baby – $2.5 Million Settlement
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$375,000 Settlement for Mishandled Shoulder Dystocia
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$15 Million Settlement Reached in Late Caesarean Section Procedure Leaving Mother with Profound Brain Damage
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$7.86 Million Jury Verdict for Hypoxic Brain Injury to Newborn
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State Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Misdiagnosis of Cancer of Both Ovaries Without Consent
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$46.5 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Diagnose, Treat Jaundice of Newborn
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State Appellate Court Affirms the Exclusion of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Expert Because Expert’s Theory Was Not Reliably Tested and Not Generally Accepted in the Scientific Community
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$290,000 Settlement for Brachial Plexus Injury Caused by Excessive Force During Labor and Delivery
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Order for Hospital to Produce Documents Not Protected by the Medical Studies Act
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State Supreme Court Affirms Trial Court’s Decision Concerning Challenge of Juror Disqualification for Bias
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$33.81 Million Judgment Entered for Brain Damaged Baby Whose Birth Was Delayed When C-Section Was an Option
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Cook County Jury Finds for Obstetrician in Medical Malpractice Case for Baby Harmed with Brachial Plexus Injury During Labor and Delivery
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Failure to Timely Deliver Baby in Fetal Distress Leads to Confidential Settlement
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$260,000 Settlement for Failure to Attempt Delayed Interval Delivery
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$127,500 Settlement for Misdiagnosis of Child’s Hip Dysplasia
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$5 Million Settlement in Brain Injured Baby Case
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$23 Million Judgment for Brain Damage to Infant with Cerebral Palsy Caused by Delayed Blood Transfusion
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$4 Million Settlement for Brain Injury to Infant for Failing to Monitor Oxygen Level
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Importance of Interpreting Umbilical Cord Blood Gases in Newborns
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$42 Million Judgment Entered for Brain Damaged Child Injured by Forceps During Delivery
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Birth Injuries Are Traumatic to the Newborn Child, Mother, Father and Family
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$950,000 Settlement Reached in Shoulder Dystocia Resulting in Brachial Plexus Injury to Baby
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U.S. Maternal Deaths Are on the Rise
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$6.07 Million Jury Verdict Entered in Failure to Treat Preeclampsia That Resulted in Mother’s Death
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$3.2 Million Settlement Reached for Brain Damaged Child for Failure to Diagnose Herpes
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Jury Verdict Reversed When Juror Should Have Been Disqualified for Bias
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Birth Trauma Injury Case Based on Informed Consent
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Appellate Court Reverses Trial Judge Who Improperly Excluded Expert Testimony as Cause of Brachial Plexus Injury
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Choosing Not to Timely Diagnose Fetal Abnormalities Leads to $1.4 Million Cook County Jury Verdict
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Jury Finds in Favor of Doctor in Shoulder Dystocia Injury Case
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$44.11 Million Jury Verdict Reduced in Case of Gestational Carrier Who Caused Death of Infant
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$10.14 Million Jury Verdict to Child Whose Bacterial Meningitis Was Missed
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Doctrine of Apparent Authority in Medical Negligence Lawsuit
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$4.3 Million Settlement for Medical Negligence that Caused Brain Damage to Baby from Inadequate Oxygenation
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$10 Million Jury Verdict in Child’s Severe Injuries Caused by Bacterial Infection
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Jury Enters $50 Million Verdict for Horribly Injured Mother in Botched Delivery of Baby
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$1.2 Million Settlement in Failure to Call in Emergency Care for Infant
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American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Replaces Friedman’s Curve
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Jury Finds for University Hospital in Birth Injury Case-Jury Tampering Raised
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Cook County Jury Finds for Obstetrician in Delayed Delivery Case
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State Supreme Court Affirms Plaintiffs’ Ability to Enlarge the Time to Serve Process
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Jury Verdict Favors Hospital in Newborn’s Strep Infection That Caused Meningitis and Brain Damage
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Report Find 35% of Childhood Cerebral Palsy Cases Could Have Been Prevented
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Zofran Multidistrict Lawsuits Proceed after Federal Court Denies Drug Maker’s Motion
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Cook County Jury Finds Newborn’s Brachial Plexus Injury Occurred in the Absence of Medical Negligence
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Timing a Baby’s HIE or Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Injury Debunks ACOG Publications
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Illinois Supreme Court Distinguishes Between Privileged Information and Confidentiality in Medical Negligence Case
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Tragedy of Delayed Delivery of Full-Term Baby; Preeclampsia Is a Factor
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Food and Drug Administration Approves 45 New Drugs in 2015; Many Are Very Costly
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Judge’s Refusal to Allow Law Firm in Personal Injury of a Minor to Receive One-Third of the Gross Settlement
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Jury Enters $35.4 Million Verdict in Failure to Document Patient’s Medical Condition Resulting in Paralysis, Requiring 24-Hour Care
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Death of Baby Claimed by Delayed Delivery Ends in Jury Verdict for Doctors
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$23.1 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Treat Preeclampsia
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$1.5 Million Jury Verdict in Lawsuit Over Delayed Cesarean Section
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$18.27 Million Jury Award in Failure to Comply with Standing Orders of Obstetrician
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$3 Million Jury Verdict for Brain Damaged Baby Caused by Delay in Delivery by Nurses
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Illinois Appellate Court Confirms Contested $3 Million Settlement in Birth Trauma Injury
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Excessive Traction During Delivery Leads to $1.01 Million Jury Verdict
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$250,000 Jury Verdict in Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Decision Clarifies Motions to Dismiss Under Illinois’ Code of Civil Procedure §2-619
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$8.45 Million Jury Verdict for Brain Damaged Baby Caused by Delayed Delivery
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$1.25 Million Settlement in Death of Baby After Failure to Diagnose Fetal Distress
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More Proactive Labor Induction Practice Has Been Shown to Reduce Birth Injuries
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$1 Million Jury Verdict for Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Caused by Excessive Force
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Illinois Tort Immunity Act Protects Public Hospitals and Institutions Except for Negligent Care and Treatment
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Cook County Jury Sides With Hospital and Doctors in Case of Delayed Delivery Causing Baby’s Cerebral Palsy
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Cook County Jury Finds in Favor of Doctor in Brachial Plexus Injury Case
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$550,000 Settlement for Death of Infant After Failure to Diagnose Placental Abruption
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Chicago U.S. District Court Grants Summary Judgment for Part of Birth Injury Case; Leaves Res Ipsa Loquitur Claim for Fact Finder
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$3 Million Settlement in Failure to Implement Adequate Oxygenation to Newborn
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Cook County Jury Finds No Connection with Baby’s Delivery and Quadriplegia
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$4 Million Jury Verdict in Birth Injury Case Caused by Failure to Timely Perform Caesarean Section; McCarthy v. Karounos
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$1 Million Settlement After Excessive Traction Causes Shoulder Dystocia Injury at Birth
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$3.9 Million Settlement Reached in Late Caesarean Section Causing Serious Birth Injuries
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Cook County Jury Sides with Doctors and Hospital in Infant’s Fatal Aspiration of Formula Case
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Jury Sides With Doctor in Case of Newborn Who Suffered Meconium Aspiration at Birth
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Brain Injured Child Caused by Late Cesarean Section Delivery; Parties Settle for $9.98 Million
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Jury Award Allowed to Stand in Willful and Wanton Misconduct Procedure in Medical Negligence Case
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Two-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Minors Under the Federal Tort Claims Act; Arteaga v. United States
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Cook County Verdict for Doctor in Death of Delivery of Baby Girl
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No Certainty in Predicting Life Expectancy for Cerebral Palsy Children
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$13 Million Verdict for Death of Baby
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$3.7 Million Verdict in Negligent Handling of Shoulder Dystocia
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HBO Documentary Shows Different Perspective on Personal Injury Cases and Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
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Forum Non Conveniens Motion Denied in Illinois Birth Defect Case – Erwin v. Motorola, Inc.
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Illinois Birth Injury Lawsuit Criticizes Nurses For Chain of Command Breakdown – 9.5 Million Settlement in The Northern Trust Company, et al. v. Ghia, et al.
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Illinois Birth Injury Case to Be Retried: Will Include Previously Barred Expert Testimony
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Chicago Birth Defects Result of Medical Malpractice: Claim Filed Under Federal Tort Claims Act
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Chicago Birth Injury Case Settled: Delay in Delivery Results in Severe Brain Damage to Baby
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Negligent Cook County Delivery Results in Brain Damage to the Child
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Cook County Birth Injury Settlement Reached in Illinois Cerebral Palsy Case
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Chicago Birth Injury Case Settled For 11 Million
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Child Birth Injuries And Maternal Deaths On The Rise In Poor Countries
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Chicago Hospitals Pays 6 Million to Settle Birth Injury Lawsuit for Late Delivery of Child
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Birth Injuries Are Devastating to Children and Parents
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Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends a Civil Justice Conference
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Medical Records Falsified In Birth Injury Case
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Illinois Erb’s Palsy Medical Malpractice Case Turns on Engineering Expert’s Testimony
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Verdict Over Expert Qualifications
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