How was this ureter damaged?
During laparoscopic hysterectomy, injury to adjacent organs is a known complication. But the inability to explain the mechanism of surgery and the complications that occur postoperatively often make...
View ArticlePerceptions about cause of dystocia lead to litigation
A patient presents to a hospital with onset of contraction and spontaneous rupture of the fetal membranes. The rupture revealed clear amniotic fluid. The resident evaluating the patient noted that her...
View ArticleConflicting testimony, poor documentation sink high-risk delivery defense
A plaintiff in one case alleged that the defendants were negligent by failing to monitor fetal growth and appropriately estimate fetal weight and position; failing to perform a caesarean delivery and...
View ArticlePatient exsanguinates after high-risk delivery
A pregnant 41-year-old woman with 8 children, all cesarean deliveries, received prenatal follow-up by defendant obstetricians A, B, and C at their community medical group. The patient's prenatal course...
View ArticleCould this brachial plexus injury have been avoided?
A plaintiff argues that doctors failed to assess fetal size through ultrasound. What was the final verdict
View ArticlePlaintiff settles Erb’s palsy case 28 years after delivery
This is an unusual case. Litigation doesn’t usually take decades, but this case went through multiple plaintiffs’ attorneys and sat quiet on the court’s docket until the court was clearing old cases...
View ArticleWas this postsurgical complication properly managed?
This difficult defense—a young woman dying shortly after a routine tubal ligation—was further complicated by conflicting reports about who said what to whom and when.
View ArticleDid lack of recovery-room care lead to patient’s death?
An iliac artery rupture results in a patient's death. Was it caused by the cesarean delivery, the patient’s disease process, or the care she received following her delivery?
View ArticleUndiagnosed maternal infection—or prematurity?
A case hinges on the causes of a child's developmental delays.
View ArticleDid surgeon inexperience result in iatrogenic injury?
A bladder laceration during an LAVH leads to ongoing problems for a patient and a surgeon.
View ArticleDid negligence or nature cause this miscarriage?
A patient sues, claiming that an ob consult could have saved her pregnancy.
View ArticleWas it an infection? A jury decides
A case hinges on whether a surgical complication was properly managed.
View ArticleDid traumatic vacuum extraction cause this infant’s delays?
Plaintiff alleged that excessive force from implementing the vacuum resulted in intracranial hemorrhage and subdural hematoma.
View ArticleDid vaginal hysterectomy result in iatrogenic injuries?
A family history of uterine cancer prompted the patient to seek a hysterectomy.
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