BRACHIAL PLEXUS - ERBS PALSY

Shoulder Dystocia

* Is your baby or child unable to move its shoulder or arm?
* Is his or her hand constantly clenched?
* Do you match several of the risk factors listed below?

If your answer to these three questions was YES, your child may be suffering from shoulder dystocia, an injury to the brachial plexus nerve which occurs during delivery. We are a law firm that concentrates in medical malpractice claims. Please contact us immediately if you believe you may have a medical malpractice claim.

Risk Factors:

High Maternal Birthweight
Prior Shoulder Dystocia
Delivery of Previous Large Infants
Mother Age >30 Years
Obesity of Mother
Multiple Prior Births
Gestational Diabetes
Excessive Weight Gain After Conception
Fetal Weight > 4,000 g
Mother's Height Under 5'3"
Abnormal Pelvic Shape
Abnormal Pelvic Size
Postterm Pregnancy

Related Cases:

$3,000,000:
A Cook County jury awarded a 4-year-old $3 million dollars for a brachial plexus injury that occurred at birth resulting in partial paralysis of her right hand and arm.

$900,000:
Atty Kathleen T. Zellner. Feb 10, 1992 newborn female sustained erb's palsy from allegedly improper vaginal delivery after mother was in labor with footling breech presentation ($58,000 medl.).

$ 750,000:
Attorney Kathleen Zellner settled a brachial plexus case involving the improper delivery of a male infant who weighed 10 lbs, 11 oz at birth.

$15.5 Million
For Kevin Fox, who was falsely arrested, prosecuted and convicted in the murder of his 4 year old daughter

$13.05 Million
For a suicide after the hospital refused to admit. Highest verdict in the nation for medical malpractice suicide

$4.25 Million
Settlement against city of Chicago for two police officers who failed to respond in a timely manner

$3 Million
Settlment for 25-week premature baby boy who lost eyesight due to treatment delay

$3 Million
For brachial plexus injury that occurred at birth resulting in partial paralysis of right hand and arm

$2.43 Million
Settlement for cardiac arrest suffered by a 3-week old in the ER after wrongfully adminsitered drug

$2.2 Million
For sexual assault victim raped at the Chicago Bar Association building, the largest sexual assault verdict in Illinois at the time 

$2.0 Million
For a prisoner who lost his left eye as a result of deliberate indifference, the largest civil rights verdict for a prisoner at the time

$1.5 Million
For wrongful conviction and coerced confession of plaintiff when he was 14 years old, imprisoned for 15 years, overturned by DNA evidence

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