Stillbirth
Posted on Feb. 17th, 2018 | in
A young expectant mother from Pittsburgh’s South Hills developed an infection during pregnancy known as Listera. Her obstetrician, however, “missed” the signs of infection, and it went on to cause the death of the baby. Relying on expert witnesses in the field of infectious disease, we were able to obtain a significant recovery for this young… read more
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A young pregnant woman from Altoona went to the hospital with signs suggesting that she was in labor, but she was sent home under the mistaken belief that she was just having abdominal pains. While she was at home, she started to give birth to a premature infant. She tried to rush back to the… read more
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A young pregnant woman from Pittsburgh delivered a stillborn child. There were problems during the end of the pregnancy that should have been discovered by the obstetrician at a time when it would have been possible to prevent the stillbirth. Unfortunately, that did not happen. We obtained a significant six-figure award on behalf of this young… read more
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Failure to diagnose fetal distress The pregnant mother reported to the hospital at 39 weeks gestation. It appeared that she was going into labor and fetal monitoring was started on the mother and the fetus. Over the course of three or four hours, however, the fetal monitoring equipment showed that the baby in the uterus… read more