{"id":329,"date":"2010-05-03T18:55:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T00:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/05\/03\/illinois_birth_injury_occurred\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T19:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T01:04:05","slug":"illinois_birth_injury_occurred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_birth_injury_occurred\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Birth Injury Occurred During Nurse Midwife Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Decisions made during labor and delivery can change your life forever. For example, your baby’s heart rate may drop during labor, which is often a sign of distress. The way your doctor and nurses respond to this sign directly impacts the final result. If they respond right away and everything goes smoothly then chances are you will leave the delivery room with a healthy baby. But if the medical team does not respond and fails to appreciate the gravity of the situation, then you might have a drastically different outcome.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Illinois birth injury attorneys<\/a> only hear about the second outcome, when things do not go well and some form of Illinois medical malpractice<\/a> occurs during labor and delivery. And because of the nature of these cases, birth injury lawsuits are oftentimes the most heartbreaking of any type of medical malpractice.<\/p>\n

Consider a recent Illinois birth injury case<\/a> against a nurse midwife, a sponsoring obstetrician, and a Chicago-area hospital that was recently settled with the now 13 year-old boy’s family. The boy sustained a brain injury<\/a> as a result of hypoxia (low noxygen levels) at birth which resulted in cerebral palsy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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