Birth Injuries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Birth injury can be devastating, leaving its victims with serious permanent impairments. Indiana medical malpractice lawyers frequently handle cases where birth injuries could have been prevented if doctors had heeded the warnings provided by fetal monitor strips. In...

The Indiana medical malpractice lawyers at Garau Germano Hanley & Pennington, P.C. represent many patients who have sustained injuries during labor and delivery. One setting in which these injuries frequently occur is in vaginal birth after cesarean section, or,...

Shoulder dystocia is one of the most feared complications of pregnancy. Shoulder dystocia occurs when, after delivery of the baby's head, the baby's shoulder gets lodged behind the mother's pubic bone. Medical errors in managing shoulder dystocia can lead to permanent...

Medical errors during pregnancy can lead to the death of the infant before delivery. The loss suffered by the parents in such a situation is devastating. Unfortunately, lawyers representing negligent doctors in Indiana are trying to add insult to the parents' injury...