It happens thousands of times a year in U. S. hospitals. A healthy pregnancy turns into a nightmare during labor and delivery with the birth of a brain-injured child. Although many birth injuries are the result of circumstances beyond anyone’s control, others are preventable. Parents aware of potential problems and standards of care are better able to insist on appropriate actions during pregnancy, labor and delivery.
Physician and Nurse Attorneys—First-hand witnesses to medical errors.
The Medical and Legal Team of Janet, Jenner & Suggs is made up of attorneys and physicians and nurses who became attorneys to stop medical errors. Some of their nurse paralegals are a former labor and delivery room nurses. They are committed to providing the most comprehensive representation available for victims of medical malpractice and families affected by Cerebral Palsy on a national level. Compensation cannot undo a wrong, but it can provide support for families struggling with medical expenses and future cost of living concerns, and can help provide peace of mind.
Common Complaints:
- "The physician waited too long to do a C-Section."
- "The physician failed to diagnose fetal distress during labor."
- “The fetal monitor strips were interpreted incorrectly.”
- “Medical care providers did not act soon enough when my water broke; or when I was bleeding; or when my labor didn’t progress; or when my blood pressure became elevated.”
- “I was given too much Pitocin.”
- “I was not referred to a specialist when it was determined that my pregnancy was high risk.”
- “There was not a pediatrician present when my baby was delivered.”
Some cases have revealed:
- Brain damage and Cerebral Palsy as the result of doctors who failed to properly diagnose and respond to the babies’ airway obstructions.
- Brain damage, Cerebral Palsy and mental retardation as a result of mismanagement of labor and delivery.
- Cerebral Palsy and mental retardation due to a failure to respond to signs and symptoms of a uterine rupture.
- Misreading the Fetal Monitor which resulted in brain injuries.
- Failure to respond timely to signs of a placental abruption resulting in severe brain damage.
- Failure to detect a severe brain defect that appeared on a prenatal ultrasound film.
- Brain damage and a seizure disorder because of a negligent failure to respond to severe dehydration in a newborn.
- Cerebral Palsy injuries suffered at birth following doctor's failure to perform a timely delivery.
- Failure to obtain appropriate medical experts to support labor and delivery resulting in Cerebral Palsy.
- Failure to respond timely to signs of a placental abruption.
- Failure to properly manage pregnancy resulting in death of the baby before birth.
