While we have heard of handheld devices such as the iPhone or iPad being used as part of therapy programs for children with cerebral palsy, an actual game being developed to raise money for a child with a birth injury is a new – and to us – fantastic idea. According to the video game publication Gamepro, mobile developer [...]
A West Palm Beach, Florida, couple has been awarded $4.5 million in abirth injury lawsuit levied against the doctors who did not properly anticipate and care for their child, who was born with no arms and only one leg. The Palm Beach Post reported that Ana Mejia and Rodolfo Santana were awarded the money – half of the $9 million [...]
Birth injuries such as cerebral palsy are a life-long condition. So many adults who were born with cerebral palsy must cope with it as they live their lives, maintain families, and work full-time. With the U.S. Labor Department celebrating October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we thought it would be appropriate to take a moment to honor cerebral palsy [...]
July 25, 2011 Cerebral Palsy is a non-genetic condition, which can be caused by trauma in the womb before birth, the actual birth, or even in early childhood, that limits physical movement and activity, and hinders proper development. Many children suffer from this horrible condition, and one such child is Briana Beaver. During [...]
July 11, 2011 – The parents of a birth injury victim recently filed a lawsuit against Illinois hospital Memorial Hospital in Belleville for causing their daughter’s cerebral palsy. Jennifer and Lance Schneider recently filed a lawsuit against the hospital, claiming their child was born with hypoxic brain injury, which means she did not receive enough [...]
July 8, 2011 – A Fort Meyers, Florida family has recently won a medical negligence lawsuit against a local medical center that caused their infant daughter to receive a dangerous drug overdose, and will now have to pay nearly $20 million for their carelessness. According to WorldNow, Lee Memorial Health System is paying out $19.2 [...]
July 7, 2011 – On August 14, 2005, Emily Ordonez of Bayonne, New Jersey went to Bayonne Medical Center after experiencing the first pangs of labor. She arrived at 1:30 a.m. and all prenatal tests suggested that she would be delivering a healthy baby. Ten hours later, her son Jose was born but something was [...]
Living with the day-to-day hardships that come with caring for a child with a birth injury such as cerebral palsy can be extremely trying at times. However, it is stories like this that make the difficult times easier to bear. Twenty-six-year-old Brieana Jones was born with cerebral palsy that has left her physically disabled her entire life. Relegated [...]
(May 21, 2011) A birth injury is described as a trauma inflicted on an infant during the process of birth. A birth injury can be caused from extreme pressure being applied to a baby passing through the birth canal, while other birth injuries can be caused by premature birth, prolonged labor, breech (legs exiting [...]
( May 24, 2011) The growing numbers of birth injuries in California hospitals have led to studies conducted to find out what is causing the increase. An example of one such study was commissioned by the California Hospital Association to find out what the percentage of birth injury lawsuits were being paid by medical malpractice [...]
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