Medical Malpractice and Cerebral Palsy

Medical malpractice and Cerebral Palsy:

Cerebral palsy is a common area of medical malpractice lawsuits. In one study of birth injury medical malpractice lawsuits, 64% of claimants had children with either cerebral palsy or Erb's palsy (Suing for Medical Malpractice, Sloan et al, 1993). Cerebral palsy is a serious and usually permanent brain injury that often arises during childbirth when the fetus does not receive enough oxygen during delivery. Although cerebral palsy refers to the physical limitations (e.g. loss of muscle control), many affected patients also suffer from mental retardation.

Medical malpractice related to cerebral palsy may make numerous allegations. There may be allegations related to malpractice in the management of the pregnancy prior to delivery, or more commonly to the actual management of labor and delivery leading to birth trauma or birth asphyxia. Delay or failure to perform a Cesarian section is one possible medical malpractice allegation for cerebral palsy.

Early management of pregnancy can also contribute to the development of cerebral palsy. For example, toxins, drugs, or malnutrition during pregnancy can lead to cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy can also be related to prematurity and low birth weight.

Medical errors and malpractice for Cerebral Palsy: medical news summaries for Cerebral Palsy:

The following medical news items are relevant to the medical errors (including malpractice) for Cerebral Palsy:

• Birth complications lead to $4million settlement
• Delay in birth causes severe brain damage
• Delivery complications result in $23.8 million payout
• Doctors ignored unborn baby’s weak heartbeat resulting in severe damage
• Family set to receive $10 million after bungled birth leaves daughter severely handicapped
• Malpractice awarded to parents after child developed cerebral palsy
• Malpractice lawsuit over cause of cerebral palsy nearly finished
• Medical malpractice over brain damage in delivery 10 years ago
• Obstetrician cleared of negligence in cerebral palsy case
• Obstetrician sued for cerebral palsy baby in historic settlement
• Obstetrics and litigation backlash
• Prescription error lands hospital in court over cerebral palsy boy
• More news »

Medical malpractice statistics for Cerebral Palsy:

The following are statistics from various sources about medical malpractice and Cerebral Palsy:

• Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for obstetrics malpractice in the USA:
  • 1,129 medical malpractice payments were made due to obstetrics related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • $497,121 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to obstetrics related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • $265,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to obstetrics related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 15,516 medical malpractice payments were made due to obstetrics related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • $369,543 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to obstetrics related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • $200,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to obstetrics related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
• Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for Obstetrics malpractice in the USA:
  • There was a 5.56 year mean time delay between obstetrics related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • There was a 4.63 year median time delay between obstetrics related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
• Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for obstetrics malpractice and nursing malpractice in the USA:
  • 264 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 8 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 281 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 15 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 0 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against advanced nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
• Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for obstetrics malpractice in the USA:
  • There were 8,428 obstetrics related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
  • 7% of primary malpractice acts or omissions were obstetrics related in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
  • $2,824,280,036 in payments were made for obstetrics related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
• Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for midwife malpractice in the USA:
  • 445 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding nurse midwife in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 10 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding lay midwives in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 281 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 0 anaesthesia related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 28 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 0 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 8 monitoring related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 2 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 7 surgery related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 22 treatment related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • 0 IV and blood products related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)

Medical articles on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest:

• Medical Malpractice
• Medical Malpractice Overview
• Symptoms and Medical Malpractice
• More Medical Malpractice Information
• List of Medical Malpractice Articles
• Medical Malpractice Dictionary

About malpractice:

For a general overview of medical malpractice issues for all diseases, see Medical Malpractice. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, including malpractice-related issues in misdiagnosis, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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