{"id":200,"date":"2014-01-28T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:40","slug":"1-million-settlement-excessive-traction-causes-shoulder-dystocia-injury-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/1-million-settlement-excessive-traction-causes-shoulder-dystocia-injury-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 Million Settlement After Excessive Traction Causes Shoulder Dystocia Injury at Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><br \/>\nIn this confidential settlement reached by the family of a newborn and obstetrician, the mother was to deliver her baby at 37 weeks gestation.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The mom was admitted to the hospital to deliver the baby.<span>\u00a0<\/span>During the second stage of labor, she experienced exhaustion while pushing.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The treating obstetrician used a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/vacuum-extraction\/basics\/definition\/prc-20020448\">vacuum extractor <\/a>in an effort to deliver the baby.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">However, the child suffered severe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aafp.org\/afp\/2004\/0401\/p1707.html\">shoulder dystocia.<\/a> <span>\u00a0<\/span>The obstetrician applied downward traction to deliver the baby, who was born with a left brachial plexus injury.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brachial_plexus_injury\">brachial plexus <\/a>is a network of nerves that responds from the spine to the shoulder, arm and hand.<span>\u00a0<\/span>A brachial plexus injury takes place when those same nerves are stretched or in some cases torn.<span>\u00a0<\/span>This can also happen when in childbirth the baby\u2019s shoulder is pressed down forcefully while the head is pushed up and away from the shoulder.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The baby in this case is now 3 years old and can barely move her left arm even though she\u2019s had surgery.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/1-million-settlement-excessive-traction-causes-shoulder-dystocia-injury-birth\/#more-200\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this confidential settlement reached by the family of a newborn and obstetrician, the mother was to deliver her baby at 37 weeks gestation.\u00a0The mom was admitted to the hospital to deliver the baby.\u00a0During the second stage of labor, she experienced exhaustion while pushing.\u00a0 The treating obstetrician used a vacuum extractor in an effort to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","category-brachial-plexus-injury","category-shoulder-dystocia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$1 Million Settlement After Excessive Traction Causes Shoulder Dystocia Injury at Birth &#8212; 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