Defendants failed to properly monitor the progress of plaintiff’s labor including, not performing follow-up internal examinations, not augmenting labor with pitocin, failing to accurately interpret fetal heart monitor strips, failing to diagnose fetal distress, failing to promptly perform a Caesarean-section and failing to respond to fetal bradycardia. The settlement included both a cash payment and structured annuity.

Brain Injury. Medical Malpractice. Plaintiff suffered brain damage as a result of an hypoxic event which occured after cardiac surgery. While in the hospital neonatal unit, a nurse improperly positioned an intubation tube. This resulted in decreased oxygenation to the brain and cerebral palsy, neuromotor impairment, seizure disorder, development delays of gross and fine motor skills, and delays in cognitive and language development. The settlement included both a cash payment and structured annuity.

Medical malpractice. Cerebral Palsy. Child suffered severe brain damage as a result of medical malpractice which occurred during prenatal care. Physician noted in chart the likelihood of pre-mature birth yet no treatment was rendered to the mother prior to delivery. Case was tried by current Oshman & Mirisola attorney John Langell.

Infant struck by speeding vehicle which mounted a sidewalk sustained frontal lobe brain damage affecting his emotional and behavioral conduct.

Mother diagnosed with gestational diabetes and a 9 pounds, 6 ounces fetus. A vaginal delivery was attempted and the baby’s shoulder became stuck behind the mother’s cervix. Rather than perform a c-section the obstetrician utilized an improper delivery technique and a brachial plexus injury known as an Erb’s Palsy resulted. The settlement reflects both a structure and cash payment to the infant.

$1,000,000 – Medical Malpractice. Patient sustained a leg fracture and developed an embolism within two days of being set for her cast. The embolism traveled to the patients lungs causing her death. At trial it was shown that the embolism developed by virtue of her fracture being improperly set and casted. While our client was a single woman, a recovery was made on behalf of her estate when the case settled in the middle of trial.