Becoming a parent is simultaneously a joyful and terrifying process. When a baby is born, parents are prepared to face colic and sleepless nights. They're ready to deal with baby proofing and ear infections. They are not ready to hear that their baby has a lifelong...
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Birth Injuries
Stillborn Rate in U.S. Has Not Moved for 15 Years
For parents who have lost a child, the grief is tremendous. With pregnancy comes the expectation of normal birth and a child. Unlike some conditions, pregnancy seems so normal, and so many proceed with few issues that it is shockingly disorienting for something to go...
The Magnitude of the Harm
Birth injuries are among the most affecting of all medical malpractice cases, in both senses of the word "effect." They affect the health of the child, leaving them with a lifetime of medical consequences and they are affecting emotionally because they cause harm to...
Taking Control After Birth Injuries
Pregnancy is an exciting, stressful time in any parent's life. There are so many things a pregnant woman is supposed to do to protect her unborn child and mothers-to-be go to great lengths to ensure they are taking what they need to take and avoiding what they need to...
Misdiagnosis of Miscarriage Could End Viable Pregnancy
Few events in a person's life are more filled with anticipation than that of pregnancy. To bring a new life into the world and create or add to your family can be a tremendously exciting time. Expectant parents pick out names and decorate a nursery, as they look...
Birth Injury Lawyers
It is indeed a tragedy when the childbirth process causes an infant to suffer from injuries or conditions related to traumas that occurred during labor and birth. Some women seem to sail through the births of their children, yet other women undergo grueling labors...
Understanding the Risks of a Forceps Delivery
Sometimes during a delivery, things don't go as planned. If the child isn't responding as expected or something else out of the ordinary occurs, doctors may decide to change the method of birth. When this happens, however, it is important that the mother is informed...
Can Medical Negligence Cause Cerebral Palsy?
Having a baby should be a happy day for parents. After months of anticipation, there should be nothing but joy for the little one's arrival. For some parents though, this happy day can quickly be overshadowed when something goes wrong. Either the baby does not get...
Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawyers Handle Birth Brain Injury Cases
The Indiana medical malpractice lawyers at Garau Germano Hanley and Pennington, P.C. frequently handle cases involving brain injury sustained at birth as a result of the malpractice of a doctor or other health care provider. The injuries sustained in these cases are...
Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawyers Win at Trial
The Indiana medical malpractice lawyers at Garau Germano Hanley & Pennington, P.C.recently won a $585,000 verdict for a client in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The case involved a patient who suffered a brachial plexus...