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Our law firm stands up for Ohio families What’s supposed to be one of the most joyous moments for a family can rapidly turn tragic. During labor and delivery, a newborn’s developing brain is incredibly vulnerable, and if doctors and other medical professionals don’t do their jobs, the consequences can be catastrophic. During Brain Injury...

Make sure you understand your family’s legal options The birth of a child should be a moment of joy for the family, but unfortunately, some births are marred by health problems that might require lifelong treatment. When a baby is born with a birth defect or birth injury, the parents deserve answers about what happened...

Patients go to the emergency department because they have acute medical conditions that could be dangerous or even life-threatening. Emergency room doctors and nurses need to work quickly to address those issues and protect patients. And one of the most important steps is to correctly diagnose the patient’s condition. Unfortunately, that’s not always what happens...

Birth injury claims and lawsuits, like all medical malpractice claims, require significant medical knowledge in order to properly litigate. Indeed, you can’t even pursue a birth injury case in court without the right medical expert or experts on board. Actually, winning a birth injury case requires highly skilled experts who can explain what happened, what...

Birth is supposed to be a joyful moment, but it’s also a complicated medical event, and if doctors and other medical professionals don’t do their jobs, there are many things that can go wrong. Unfortunately, medical errors before, during, or shortly after childbirth can lead to lifelong consequences for newborns and their families. That’s why...

According to a study published in The National Library of Medicine, errors in anesthesia care are on the rise, and the actual numbers may be higher than reported. Miscommunication, medication mistakes, and failure to follow guidelines often lead to severe outcomes, including patient injury and even death. Addressing anesthesia errors requires improving communication, adopting new...

When doctors and other medical professionals fail to follow standards of care during birth, the consequences can affect the baby for the rest of his or her life. One of the most common permanent injuries that can occur during birth is Erb’s palsy. If your child was diagnosed with Erb’s palsy following a difficult or...

Newborns are incredibly fragile and vulnerable to medical conditions that can cause catastrophic complications. One of the deadliest such conditions is meningitis, a type of infection that affects the brain. Doctors who care for expectant mothers and newborn babies need to take appropriate actions to minimize the risk of meningitis and to effectively treat this...

Obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYN), anesthesiologists, labor and delivery nurses, and other medical professionals involved in childbirth need to act quickly to respond to any complications that occur and prevent birth injuries. And one of the most dangerous complications is umbilical cord prolapse (UCP). What is umbilical cord prolapse? Umbilical cord prolapse means the umbilical cord drops through...

The first step toward effective medical treatment is correctly diagnosing the medical condition itself. If doctors don’t know what a patient has, then they can’t even begin to treat it correctly. Hundreds of thousands of patients are harmed by diagnostic errors Yet despite the critical importance of the correct diagnosis, doctors get it wrong far...