Detroit Cerebral Palsy Lawyer

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Contact an experienced Detroit cerebral palsy lawyer if your child develops cerebral palsy due to medical negligence. Medical malpractice lawsuits are complicated but can provide you and your child the compensation you need and deserve.

Can Cerebral Palsy Be Caused By Negligence?

Birth injuries leading to cerebral palsy happen for numerous reasons. The most common preventable birth injury causes include:

• Doctors or other medical staff failing to monitor fetal monitoring
• Physicians failing to order an emergency C-section
• Failure to detect, diagnose, and maternal infections and provide the proper treatment
• Failure to detect, diagnose, and treat umbilical cord or placenta complications
• Administering the wrong medication or dispensing too much medication to the mother
• Improper use of birth-assisting tools
• Mishandling the infant during delivery

Birth injuries can occur before, during, and shortly after birth. Sometimes, medical negligence leading to cerebral palsy can happen months after birth.

$130M Cerebral Palsy Verdict Awarded After Hospital Negligence

This Detroit cerebral palsy lawsuit resulted in the highest-ever jury award for medical malpractice in Michigan.

In 2006, infant Vihn Tran was admitted to the William Beaumont Hospital for breathing difficulties. According to FOX 2, the little boy suffered a “breath-hold spell” after numerous unsuccessful attempts by the attending medical staff to administer an IV.[1]

Further, the attending technicians failed to call in a “code blue” promptly and didn’t give the infant chest compressions. Subsequently, Vihn developed cerebral palsy after losing oxygen to his brain, creating severe brain damage.

Following an almost month-long cerebral palsy trial, the jury found that Beaumont Hospital “caused severe and permanent brain damage resulting in cerebral palsy,” according to ABC 7. A jury awarded the family $130 million in damages. 

“Nothing will ease the suffering of this child, but at least this settlement will alleviate some of the financial burdens from his caretakers,” the family’s cerebral palsy lawyer said after the verdict. “I’m grateful for the jurors service and gratified they agreed that this was a preventable tragedy.”[2]

The hospital responded with a statement claiming it “took this case before a jury because we believe the care we delivered was appropriate.”

How Can a Detroit Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Help My Child?

If you think your child was injured due to medical negligence, which caused cerebral palsy, an experienced Detroit cerebral palsy lawyer can assist you.

Remember that although medical negligence and mistakes are generally accidental, that doesn’t mean the responsible party shouldn’t be accountable for damages if they fail to show the “reasonable standards of care” expected of them.

Medical Help and Resources in Detroit

Detroit Medical Center 

3990 John R Street, Detroit, MI 48201

Phone: 313- 745-8040

University of Michigan Medicine: Cerebral Palsy Program at Burlington Building

325 E. Eisenhower Pkwy, Ann Arbor, MI 48108