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Birth Injury Verdict: $2.3 Million Awarded to Child Who Suffered Permanent Shoulder Damage During Mismanaged Delivery

What Happened Our Virginia medical malpractice client was a young child living in Norfolk, VA. During the child’s birth, the nurse-midwife attending the mother responded incorrectly to a complication called shoulder dystocia. In nonmedical terms, the baby’s shoulders failed to emerge from the vaginal canal shortly after the head appeared. While freeing the child’s shoulders,…

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