Maverick is a 7-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. The family of Maverick is seeking $40 million in damages, because they claim that hospital negligence had caused his birth injury.
Maverick was born December 12, 2007 via C-section, but was unable to breathe as there was blockage in his windpipe. The hospital staff attempted to resuscitate him, but they did not clear the blockage first.
Birth asphyxia and birth hypoxia (both involving oxygen deprivation at birth) are leading causes of brain injury in newborns. Cerebral palsy and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) are two birth injuries associated with oxygen deprivation. Often times cerebral palsy, HIE and other injuries to newborns can and should be prevented.
Could My Child’s Birth Injury Have Been Avoided?
A 2009 study by C. Allison Russo and Roxanne M. Andrews, which looked at potentially avoidable injuries to mothers and newborns, discovered that 157,700 injuries could have been avoided in 2006. Almost half of all birth injuries could have been avoided by proper identification and planning for any potential risk factors.
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[Did You Know? Birth Hypoxia is one of the few causes of cerebral palsy.]
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