Birth Injuries
Family of baby suffering from birth injury settles lawsuit
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Many Louisiana couples know the feeling of anxiously awaiting their child’s birth and simultaneously experiencing excitement and uncertainty about the outcome. Of course, parents always hope to take home a healthy baby with 10 each of fingers and toes, but unfortunately, some birth stories do not end this way. Recently, a family in another state reached a settlement in their birth injury lawsuit just before a jury awarded them $30.6 million. The family had filed the lawsuit against the health care staffing provider who supplied the nurse responsible for monitoring their baby’s heart rate during his 2013 birth. The jury found the nurse negligent in…
Read MoreParents file malpractice lawsuit due to birth injury
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Most Louisiana parents understand the joy of bringing a healthy baby home from the hospital since they have personally experienced such an event. However, not all parents are so fortunate. Sadly, sometimes a birth injury occurs at some point during the birthing process, and while some of these cases can be explained as simply nature taking its course, others can be attributed to negligence on the part of the medical professionals involved. A couple in another state experienced what was perhaps the most traumatic event of their lives when their baby boy was born with significant brain damage….
Read MoreWas birth injury leading to infant death caused by midwife?
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. For most people in Louisiana and across the country, a baby’s birth is an exciting and wonderful time. A new person is entering the world, and although the birth process itself can be painful and stressful in general, in most cases the end result is a happy and positive one for everyone involved. Sadly, however, this is not always the case, and for some, a birth injury can occur during the process, sometimes resulting in death. Such was the case for one family. The incident happened in a different state last winter when a pregnant woman hired a…
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