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Posted on 5/5/2009 - Jury in trial awards damages to brain damaged victim of medical negligence
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Attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant handles cases involving mistakes by doctors, hospitals, nurses and other healthcare providers in North Carolina.Justice News Flash: Birth Defect Medical Malpractice Article
Posted on May 03, 2009
Doctors sometimes improperly force a baby’s arm or hand through the pelvis and/or birth canal during delivery, and in that case could be risking damage to the baby’s nerves, causing what is known as Erb’s Palsy or Kumpke's palsy. This happens when the nerves called the brachial plexus (a group of nerves controling movement of the hands and arms) is hurt. Another birth difficulty that is fairly common can result in oxygen deprivation (too little oxygen), and prolonged oxygen deprivation can cause brain injury to the baby.
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Attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant handles cases involving mistakes by doctors, hospitals, nurses and other healthcare providers in North Carolina.
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