If the negligence of a doctor or other medical personnel during a woman's pregnancy, labor, and / or delivery results in the death of the fetus she was carrying, the medical personnel involved as well as the hospital that employs them may be held liable for
the death of the fetus if the negligence is found to have been a cause of the fetus's death.
Placental abruption, the separation of the placenta from the uterus, is another pregnancy complication that can lead to serious injury or
death of a fetus if not timely diagnosed and managed.
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You know,
if you give a
fetus the right to life, you're basically enslaving the woman in whose body that
fetus is growing, and
if she harms the
fetus at all, or ends up miscarrying it, birthing it prematurely, or ends up with a stillborn baby, she'll be charged with the
death of that
fetus.
When this 20 % risk
of death is compared to the 0.02 % rate
of cord prolapse during labor at homebirth that might have a better outcome
if it happened in hospital, this means that a low risk woman has a 1000 times higher chance
of having a life threatening complication either to her life or her
fetus / newborns life at planned hospital birth, than
if she plans to have an attended homebirth with a well - trained practitioner.
If a pregnant woman is injured on someone's premises and the injury is found to have been a cause
of the
death of the
fetus she was carrying, the owner, operator, or manager
of the premises may be held liable under the law
of premises liability for the
death of the
fetus.
If a defective product is found to have been a cause
of a
fetus's
death, the manufacturer
of the product and anyone in the chain
of the product's distribution may be found liable in a product - liability action for the
fetus's
death.
Such liability can occur, for example,
if a product, such as a car that is involved in a vehicle accident, contains a defect in manufacture or design and the defect is found to have been a cause
of a
fetus's
death.
If an obstetrician negligently fails to recognize and handle these complications and the obstetrician's negligence is determined to have been a cause
of the
fetus's injury or
death, the obstetrician may be held liable for the damages suffered by the child or the child's family as a result.
The bill, L.D. 327, would give families the opportunity to seek damages in probate court under wrongful
death statutes
if a
fetus that is viable (i.e., has reached at least 24 weeks
of age) dies as a result
of someone else's negligence.
If the delay in performing an indicated C - section results in injury or
death to the
fetus as a result
of oxygen deprivation from umbilical cord or placenta complications, for example, the physician responsible for the delay may be found to have been negligent and therefore liable for the
fetus's resultant injury or
death.
You can only sue for pain and suffering
if your injury results in one
of these examples: a body part loss, major disfigurement or scarring, a displaced fracture, a loss
of a
fetus, permanent injury to a body part or organ such that it can't heal normally, and
death.