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Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Shoulder Dystocia Brachial Plexus Erb’s Palsy

Medical Malpractice ~ Shoulder Dystocia ~ Erb’s Palsy

Attorney: David M. Fried Settlement: $700,000. Winter 2007 Blume Goldfaden principal, David Fried, represented a child who sustained a brachial plexus injury at birth. The brachial plexus is a group of nerves located in the neck and shoulder which control shoulder, arm, wrist , hand and finger function. During birth, the baby’s shoulder became trapped behind the mother’s pubic bone after the head was delivered (shoulder dystocia). The obstetrician delivering the baby negligently exerted excessive downward traction on the baby’s head in an effort to free the trapped shoulder and effect the delivery, causing severe injury to the child’s brachial plexus nerves. The child has severe limitations in the use of her right shoulder, arm, wrist hand and fingers (Erb’s Palsy).
Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Shoulder Dystocia Brachial Plexus Erb’s Palsy