{"id":57,"date":"2010-04-14T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/2010\/04\/14\/chicago_birth_defects_result_o_1\/"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:48","slug":"chicago_birth_defects_result_o_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/chicago_birth_defects_result_o_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Birth Defects Result of Medical Malpractice:  Claim Filed Under Federal Tort Claims Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Complications during childbirth may lead to severe injuries if they are untreated or treated incorrectly.  In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337423.html\">Chicago birth injury case<\/a>, the family of a six year-old quadriplegic boy filed a lawsuit against the United States under the <a href=\"http:\/\/bphc.hrsa.gov\/ftca\/\">Federal Tort Claims Act<\/a>, or FTCA, claiming that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">medical malpractice<\/a> during childbirth was the reason the child contracted a bacterial infection that led to his brain damage.<br \/>\nUnder FTCA, the United States is liable for injuries resulting from a federal employee\u2019s negligence.  The doctors who failed to correctly treat the infection were employees of the federally funded clinic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eriefamilyhealth.org\/\">Erie Family Health Center<\/a> and working at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmh.org\/nm\/home\">Northwestern Memorial Hospital<\/a> when the child was born in May 2003.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337417.html\">Illinois birth injury lawsuit<\/a> falls under the FTCA even though Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the child was treated, is a private company and not federally funded.  This reason for this is because the doctors who allegedly committed the medical malpractice, and therefore were the ones the lawsuit was against, were federal employees at the time.  So as long as a physician is employed by the federal government in any capacity, then your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">Illinois medical malpractice claim<\/a> would be subject to FTCA rules, even if you are being treated at a non-federally funded hospital.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/chicago_birth_defects_result_o_1\/#more-57\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complications during childbirth may lead to severe injuries if they are untreated or treated incorrectly. 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