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SPBMCC Member Eleni Coffinas Recovers $5 Million in Birth Injury Case
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Eleni Coffinas obtained a settlement totaling $5 million after the plaintiff was turned away from multiple hospitals and admitted to a hospital ill-equipped to handle her delivery. Plaintiff Taken by Ambulance to Ill-Equipped Hospital Despite Protests On June 27, 2014, the plaintiff was at home and suffered from a cord prolapse. An ambulance arrived and…
An Overview of Three Common Birth Injuries That Occur in New York
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Birth injury can be the result of medical malpractice in which a medical professional’s negligence causes serious and often irreversible damage to the newborn or their mother. Muscle or brain-related birth injuries can lead to a lifetime of physical difficulties, delays in motor function and developmental hindrances, and oftentimes, these obstacles could have been avoided…
Colorado Court of Appeals Reverses Decision Regarding Pitocin and Compressive Cerebral Ischemic Encephalopathy
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The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed a trial court decision excluding the Compressive Cerebral Ischemic Encephalopathy theory of causation. Cerebral Ischemic Encephalopathy is a head compression that can result from the mismanagement of Pitocin during induction or augmentation. The medical malpractice and birth injury attorneys at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo discuss the…