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Birth & Brain Injury Case: Hospital Appealing $56 Million Verdict

Although the types of birth injuries that can occur vary, many birth injuries include some form of brain damage to the newborn child, as in the case of the Swanson family, who filed a shoulder dystocia lawsuit after witnessing the botched delivery of their infant in 2003.  Last year, the Swansons were awarded $56 million in the lawsuit concerning their son's birth injury, which caused permanent brain damage, but the New York hospital found negligent in the case is attempting to overturn the verdict.  Specifically, the doctor and staff were found negligent for failing to handle the delivery problems in a prompt manner, since the child's shoulder was stuck on the mother's pelvic bone and posed the risk of brain injuries, disability, or cerebral palsy.  Among the baby's injuries were internal bleeding, bruises, nerve damage, permanent brain stem damage.  The child continues to suffer from aspiration pneumonitis, speech impairment, and delays in development caused by the shoulder dystocia.

If your family member or child has been the victim of birth injuries, medical malpractice, or brain injuries in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton Roads, Eastern Shore, or another part of Virginia, feel free to contact Norfolk brain injury attorney Lawrence Land with your most pressing questions.  Land will provide you with free resources and answers to your questions at no obligation to you.  To speak to him about your unique situation, fill out his online contact form or call 800-800-1911.

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