Erb's Palsy Law Blog

Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit Filed CR Bard, a leading trans vaginal mesh manufacturer, has been named in a lawsuit alleging that the surgical mesh is responsible for serious complications. Mary Ann McCloskey received a vaginal mesh implant made by CR Bard in November 2006. However, the mesh eroded into her vaginal lining, resulting... Read More at the Erb's Palsy Blog

Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Build against Device Manufacturers Lora Gunn, a North Carolina resident, filed a transvaginal mesh case against mesh manufacturer Endo Pharmaceuticals together with its predecessor American Medical Systems (AMS) in January 2012. Claiming that she suffered from mesh erosion, where the mesh eroded into surrounding organs, Gunn is... Read More at the Erb's Palsy Blog

Erb's Palsy - Jury Verdicts

______ $500,000 - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Infant Birth - Use Of Forceps - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff's mother went into labor at 40 weeks gestation and was admitted to a hospital for delivery. Defendant was the mother's OB/GYN. Over the next several hours, the fetal monitor allegedly documented decelerations with the fetal heart rate falling into the 70 to 80 range. At one point there was a bradycardic event with prolonged decelerations of 80 to 90 for three or four minute...
- from The Virginia Verdict Reporter (126380) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ $2,400,000 - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Shoulder Dystocia - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff was delivered by defendant OB/GYN at defendant hospital on June 11, 1990. During delivery, a shoulder dystocia was encountered and defendant attempted to free the shoulder using fundal pressure. A twelve minute delay occurred between the delivery of plaintiff's head and the rest of her body.

Plaintiff alleged that: (1) defendants should not have used fundal ...
- from The Ohio Trial Reporter (123574) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ $300,000 - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Brachial Plexus Injury - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff mother presented to Defendant Hospital two hours after her water had broken and when she was fully dilated. Defendant third year resident delivered plaintiff infant who sustained brachial plexus injury to her right arm. Plaintiff mother's last office visit with defendant OB/GYN was on the day of delivery.

Plaintiffs alleged that: (1) defendant OB/GYN failed ...
- from The Ohio Trial Reporter (123925) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ $375,000 - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Shoulder Dystocia - Erbs Palsy - Juveniles - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff infant was full term at birth. During the delivery process defendant physician encountered shoulder dystocia. Defendant allegedly applied excessive traction to plaintiff's head and neck, resulting in an avulsion of the cervical nerve roots and Erbs Palsy.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to perform correct maneuvers designed to free ...
- from The Virginia Verdict Reporter (125787) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ $600,000. Breakdown: $550,000 to infant and $50,000 to mother. - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Shoulder Dystocia - Juveniles - Hospital Negligence - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff infant was born full-term at defendant hospital. His delivery was managed by two residents with no attending physician present. During delivery the residents encountered shoulder dystocia. They allegedly avulsed or stretched the cervical nerve roots leading to an Erb's/Klumpke palsy injury.

Plaintiffs alleged that defendants were negligent in failing to c...
- from The Virginia Verdict Reporter (126039) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ $800,000 - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Shoulder Dystocia - Hospital Negligence - Juveniles - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff's mother presented to Defendant Hospital to deliver her baby. The delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia, and post-birth, the infant was found to have a significant brachial plexus injury.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in allowing the resident in attendance at the delivery to perform the delivery without the active assistance of a senio...
- from The DC Verdict Reporter (97276) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ $550,000 front cash; $2,474,436 guaranteed payout exclusive of front cash and $5,314,425 life expectancy payout exclusive of front cash. - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Gestational Diabetes - Care - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff mother became pregnant and sought care and treatment from defendant OB/GYNs, who had cared for her during her prior pregnancy at which time she developed gestational diabetes. Defendants did not order tests to confirm or rule out gestational diabetes or order changes in plaintiff mother's diet to decrease the size of her baby. During the course of her birth plaintiff mino...
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______ Defense verdict - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Shoulder Dystocia - Defense Verdict
Facts: Eighteen years earlier, defendant physician, a first year resident, had delivered plaintiff at Grady Memorial Hospital. During the delivery plaintiff's shoulder became stuck on his mother's pelvis and he suffered nerve damage to the right brachial plexus. He later developed Erb's Palsy of the right arm.

Plaintiff alleged that: (1) defendant was negligent in using fund...
- from The Georgia Trial Reporter (101660) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ Defense verdict - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Erb's Palsy - Defense Verdict - Arbitration
Facts: Defendant was the attending physician during plaintiff's delivery. Plaintiff's shoulder became impacted in the birth canal. Plaintiff's son was born with Erb's palsy which allegedly resulted from defendant exerting excessive traction on the fetal head at the time of delivery, thereby causing stretching damage and/or a tear to the brachial plexus.

Plaintiff alleged t...
- from The Michigan Trial Reporter (104988) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict
______ Defense verdict - Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Delivery - Erb's Palsy - Defense Verdict - - Attorney Fees
Facts: The plaintiff, born in 1972, was injured during delivery when she developed Erb's Palsy from a shoulder dystaxia in which the infant's shoulders are larger than the head and become stuck during delivery. Defendant Dr. Berlin delivered the baby vaginally using the "Woods" maneuver although the baby weighed 12 pounds 2 ounces at birth. Plaintiff was the mother's fifth child all of wh...
- from The Georgia Trial Reporter (109833) Login for Erb's Palsy Verdict

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