Posts tagged cerebral palsy

• EEOC Files Suit Against Target

  David Mittleman | August 27, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Target Stores. The EEOC alleges that the Target store where 29-year-old...

• Special Needs Children Pay When Insurance Companies Don’t

  David Mittleman | June 30, 2009 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last week I posted an article about Blue Cross Blue Shield and its agreement to pay families of autistic children a total of $1 million for behavioral therapy coverage. Although this settlement is a...

• Botox Side Effects Lead to Heightened Warnings

  David Mittleman | May 11, 2009 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Botox, the well-known injectable drug used for cosmetic purposes and some muscle spasms, has come under fire for inadequate warnings about off-label uses. The drug, which utilizes a toxin known as...

• Lackawanna County Family Wins $20.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

  David Mittleman | November 23, 2008 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Earlier this week, a jury in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania awarded $20.5 million to the family of a boy that suffers from lasting medical problemscaused by mistakes made at his birth. The day the...

• Birth Trauma Case--Jury Returns $11.4 Million Verdict

  David Mittleman | October 29, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In Crawford County, Wisconsin, a jury awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million for his injuries. The suit was filed over the negligent care by a nurse and nurse midwife at Gunderson...

• Birth Trauma Induced Cerebral Palsy is Often Avoidable

  David Mittleman | September 30, 2008 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Cerebralpalsyis a tragic and permanent condition that afflicts infants and veryyoung children.  The symptomsof this condition can range from simple lack of fine musclecoordination to an inability to...

• Birth Trauma Results In $22.6 Million Jury Award

  David Mittleman | May 21, 2008 11:30 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  After five (5) weeks of testimony and nearly four (4) days of deliberations, a jury in Ohio awarded Heather Grow's family $22.6 million for brain injuries related to the birth of her daughter...