Birth Injury

Read all our case studies on birth injury.

  • Negligent treatment causes death of baby

    Nadia and her husband Steven had been trying for a number of years to have another child and underwent investigation for fertility problems.

  • Boy deprived of oxygen at birth wins record settlement

    A nine-year-old boy left severely disabled when medical staff made errors during his birth has been awarded £8,000,000 in compensation. Owen Johnson, from Dudley, West Midlands, sustained brain damage during his birth at Wordsley Hospital, Dudley, on April 18 1999, after he was temporarily deprived of oxygen.

  • Failure to treat child in orthopaedic case

    Hayden was born in 1998 at Webber Hospital with bilateral dislocatable hips, which caused his hips to be unstable and easily dislocated

  • 6-figure payout for birth trauma victim

    A mother from Poole has spoken of her relief after finally receiving compensation from the hospital trust which left her daughter disabled from birth.

  • Hospital admits negligence in highest awarded Erb's Palsy case

    Natalia suffered a severe group 4 brachial plexus injury (Erb's Palsy) and Horner’s Syndrome during the course of her birth on 14 September 1998.

  • Shoulder injury during birth

    When Oliver was born there were problems during his delivery resulting in an injury to his shoulder. He suffers from a condition knows as Erbs Palsy.

  • Severe shoulder dystocia leads to Erb's Palsy

    Laura-Louise was born on 25.02.03. During her birth it was noted that the head was delivered “with difficulty” and a Registrar was called for delivery of shoulders.

  • Birth delivery delay leads to brain damage

    H was born at the Lewisham Hospital on 23 December 2002 following an emergency caesarean section. During the course of her mother’s labour she sustained severe brain damage causing cerebral palsy.

  • Birth injury following delay in delivery

    The Claimant was born on 12 June 2004. On 10th June 2004, the Claimant’s mother was admitted into hospital with contractions. After a prolonged latent phase of labour she was transferred to a labour ward at 01:15 on 12 June. The midwives appeared to be assured by satisfactory CTG recordings.

  • Negligent treatment results in damage to child’s left arm

    Peter suffers from a left sided brachial plexus palsy (flaccid paralysis of the arm) and medical negligence solicitor, Caroline Stokes, was instructed to investigate whether this was due to the negligent management of his mother’s labour and his birth at New Cross Hospital.

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