Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyer Blog

A 10-year-old boy who was involved in a recent medical malpractice lawsuit will receive a large settlement due to a birth injury he suffered.

The young boy, who lives in Scotland, was awarded the largest out-of-court settlement by the National Health Service for Scotland (NHS) in history. The boy was born at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Dunbartonshire, Scotland in 1998. He received a cerebral palsy diagnosis shortly after birth.

The parents of the young boy recently filed a lawsuit against the NHS in hopes of receiving compensation for cerebral palsy treatment. The family was awarded 5.2 million pounds in the lawsuit. According to the court, the settlement is meant to compensate for cerebral palsy treatment that the patient has received in the past and will receive in the future.

Over the past two years, medical malpractice incidents in Scotland have cost the NHS 36 million pounds for compensation. According to figures released by the Conservatives of Scotland, this period shows the NHS's highest amount of medical malpractice claims. In 2006 and 2007 alone, the NHS paid 21.4 million pounds to medical malpractice victims. In 2008, the total number of medical malpractice claims filed was 1,049.

A young girl who received a cerebral palsy diagnosis after a birth injury was awarded $4 million this week.

The 11-year-old Florida girl was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after experiencing brain damage as a result of a delay in her delivery. The girl's mother was forced to wait hours to deliver while the hospital secured an operating room. The baby was born in 1997 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The cerebral palsy lawsuit was filed by the parents of the young girl. The parents claimed that the negligence of the hospital delivering the baby caused the cerebral palsy and mental retardation. They claimed that a hospital room was not available for the C-section until hours after it was originally needed. Since then, the girl has had to receive extensive cerebral palsy treatment for her disorder.

The hospital claimed that the cerebral palsy diagnosis was not a result of negligence, but the premature delivery of the baby. The jury disagreed and ordered the hospital to pay $4 million in compensation to the cerebral palsy patient.

A young girl with cerebral palsy has shown improvement in the ability of her muscles after receiving a form of stem cell treatment.

The 2-year-old cerebral palsy patient, who lives in Australia, was recently injected with stem cells in hopes of improving muscle tightness. She received the cerebral palsy treatment at a stem cell treatment center in Germany. While there, doctors extracted 6 milliliters of fluid from the girl's bone marrow. The next day, stem cells were inserted into her spinal cord.

The Australian girl received a cerebral palsy diagnosis shortly after birth. Due to her birth injury, she was unable to touch her elbows together and had difficulty talking and eating. Prior to the treatment, she also could not separate her legs more than 10-15 centimeters apart. After the treatment was completed, the girl could separate her legs to 25 centimeters apart. She also experienced looser muscles and was able to touch her elbows and eat easier. The family of the girl plans to try the cerebral palsy treatment again to see if more improvement is possible.