Sentences with phrase «malpractice by an obstetrician»

Nothing is more challenging than knowing that your child suffered or continues to suffer due to negligence, irresponsible behavior or medical malpractice by an obstetrician or other medical professional.

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Torts — Negligence — Medical malpractice — Causation — Trial judge finding respondent obstetrician liable for applicant infant's injuries — Whether, under principles described in Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 311, it is open for a trier of fact to find causation by drawing an inference based on all the evidence led at trial, notwithstanding the fact that the defence has led some evidence to the contrary — Whether, in an informed consent case, the causation issue is decided in accordance with the majority or the minority opinions of the House of Lords in Chester v Afshar, [2005] 1 A.C. 134.

If an obstetrician or other medical personnel who are assisting in the birth of a child negligently fail to recognize and adequately manage these and other complications, the obstetrician and assisting medical professionals may be found liable in a medical malpractice action for a child's CP that is determined to have been caused by the negligence of such medical personnel.

If you feel that an error was made by your delivery team, obstetrician or other medical professional, it is important to speak with a medical malpractice attorney who can be informative and advise your next steps in a timely and compassionate manner.

If, for example, an obstetrician fails to timely order or perform a C - section when nuchal cord is detected and this failure is found to have been a cause of the baby's HIE childbirth injury, the obstetrician may be found liable for the damages suffered by the child as a result of the injury in an action for medical malpractice.

When this occurs, the obstetrician or medical professional responsible may be found liable for the damages suffered by a child as a result of the HIE injury in an action for medical malpractice.

A child's brain injury may be caused by an obstetrician's negligence during the mother's pregnancy or the child's delivery, pediatric malpractice, the ingestion of toxic substances, non-fatal drowning, and a great variety of additional accidents.

Hypoxia and hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy often occurs during childbirth due to various reasons, but the underlying cause is often the direct result of medical malpractice or negligence by the obstetrician (OB / GYN), nurse, midwife, doctor, or other medical professional.