Posts tagged Birth Injuries

• Suit Claims Pharmacy Error Led to Premature Birth

  Chrissie Cole | July 20, 2007 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A woman claims her pregnancy complications were the result of a prescription error at CVS Pharmacy and is now suing the company for over $50,000."Defendant through its employees, agents, and servants, misfilled the prescription. Plaintiff subsequently suffered complications due to the misfilled prescription, was forced to deliver the minor plaintiff by C-section prematurely, and both suffered...

• $5 Million Dollar Settlement For Brain Injured Newborn

  Bob Carroll | September 19, 2006 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There are few injuries more devastating than a brain injury inflicted upon a newborn. In this reported settlement the child is unable to walk, talk or eat on his own. Personally, although there were probably good reasons for the settlement at $5 Million, the lifetime of expense and suffering would justify millions more in compensation. $5 million settlement in suit over brain-damaged boyBOSTON...

• Pesticides May Be Cause Of Birth Defects In Florida

  Bob Carroll | October 13, 2005 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  An agriculture company could pay $111,200 for allegedly violating federal and state pesticide laws at two of its farms in Florida - a St. Petersburg Times article today. An investigation is proceeding into the cause of three cases of birth defects in children born to mothers who worked for Ag-Mart and were exposed to the pesticide.An agriculture company could pay $111,200 for allegedly...

• Doctor Must Ask Right Questions Even If The Patient Speaks Spanish

  Bob Carroll | September 24, 2005 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A breakdown in communications between an obstetrician and a Spanish-speaking pregnant mother may have resulted in injuries to a newborn child in the Florida case of TORRES v. SULLIVAN, 2D03-5227 (Fla.App. 2 Dist. 2005).The standard of care provided to an expectant mother regarding delivery should not be lowered because she does not speak English. Nor should the expectant mother be expected to...