Childbirth is an exciting and life-altering event for most Massachusetts's mothers. Mothers may be alarmed to learn that pregnancy and giving birth may be dangerous to the mother's health, especially if there is medical negligence during birth. One news agency has...
Jury says hospital should pay $50 million for birth injuries
Massachusetts parents typically prepare for a childbirth by making doctor visits, preparing a nursery and buying baby supplies. For some, birth injuries can completely alter all expectations of life following a child's birth. Injuries can result in death, permanent...
Jury awards $2.4 million to woman who suffered birth injuries
Despite advances in medical care, there still are risks with childbirth. Childbirth can result in injuries and harm to the baby, mother or both. One woman recently filed a lawsuit against her physician for the trauma and permanent damage she claims to have suffered...
Birth trauma: Mother claims hospital lost baby’s remains
Many mothers in Massachusetts and across the United States are opting for more control in the birth and delivery of their children when possible. When care is not taken with the mother and the unborn child during delivery, mothers and babies can suffer serious...
Birth trauma: Mother claims surgery occurred without anesthesia
In Massachusetts and elsewhere, more mothers are speaking out about the lack of control in the birth of their children and choices granted by obstetricians. Not everyone can be offered choices based on their medical conditions, but many mothers claim that choices are...
Birth injuries: Can parents find recourse for emotional pain?
Having a child is a unique and amazing experience for many parents. Unfortunately, things do not always go as planned sometimes, making the experience for some traumatic and tragic. Although physical birth injuries are more easily documented, some parents experience...
Parents awarded $800,000 for hospital’s negligence during birth
Doctors are often accused of being too quick to choose a cesarean section as the method of childbirth. Although there may be many unnecessary C-sections, the surgery can be a lifesaving operation for a child and mother. Unfortunately, there are some circumstances that...
Family of infant girl injured during birth awarded $40M
Sadly, birth defects are sometimes unavoidable, even when Massachusetts moms do everything they can for a healthy pregnancy. Birth injuries, on the other hand, quite frequently are preventable, and there's little worse than knowing a perfectly healthy baby was injured...
Lawsuit claims mother, baby injured during birth from negligence
The birth of a child is supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions in many new Massachusetts parents' lives. Alarmingly, a growing concern around the country is the high incidence of serious injury to expectant mothers during labor and delivery. Of course, the...
Negligence during birth often has lifelong negative consequences
Babies are at their most vulnerable as newborns, which is why expectant parents rely on the care of highly trained doctors and obstetricians during pregnancy, labor and delivery. Newborns have their whole lives ahead of them, and when something goes wrong, it can have...