When you go to your doctor or a hospital for treatment for an injury or illness, you want to feel better quickly. However, that doesn’t always happen. Many patients don’t recover as expected, and some even get worse. If you were recently treated by a healthcare provider and your symptoms or health condition worsened, you […]

Studies show that most Americans have positive views of medical doctors in general, and they especially like and trust their own doctors. Unfortunately, doctors are human and can make mistakes, some of which can seriously harm and even kill their patients. Most of the time, those mistakes are due to human nature or genuine accidents, […]

The phrase “birth injury” is typically associated with complications that occur during the delivery process. And while those injuries account for many birth injuries, they don’t account for all of them. Many injuries occur before and after delivery. But in many cases, parents don’t realize when their babies were harmed, especially if they aren’t diagnosed […]

When many people think of birth injuries, they think of injuries that are immediately apparent because they result in hospitalization or even death. These injuries can be caused by the misuse of forceps and vacuum extractors during delivery, C-section mistakes, and oxygen deprivation.  But not all birth injuries are immediately obvious. Sometimes, birth injuries don’t […]

Birth injuries are traumatic and unacceptable, especially when they occur because of a doctor or nurse’s negligence. When doctors fail to diagnose potentially dangerous conditions before birth, don’t take appropriate measures during delivery, or fail to act quickly enough when complications arise after delivery, they should be held accountable. Mothers and families affected by birth […]

Birth injuries can devastate families for decades. Mothers and fathers of injured children often feel immense guilt for the harm their children suffered, even if that harm was solely the fault of negligent doctors, midwives, and other healthcare professionals. At Parrish DeVaughn Injury Lawyers, we can’t reverse, heal, or undo the damage that mothers and […]

Contrary to popular belief, cerebral palsy isn’t a single condition or disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, it’s a “group of disorders that affect movement and muscle tone or posture.” As the name implies, it involves the brain, and typically develops due to brain damage that occurs during early development, or even during delivery. Children […]

Birth injuries are any injury that occurs in the period shortly before, during, or after birth. They can range from mostly harmless injuries that heal on their own to severe and disabling conditions. In extreme cases, they may even result in infant death. That’s why it is important to understand how birth injuries occur and […]

Whether you’re going to the doctor to get treated for an illness or injury, or you’re checking into a hospital for a surgical procedure, you expect to get treatment that will improve your health and help you feel better. Healthcare professionals are sworn to do no harm to their patients, but negligence and carelessness can […]

Developing new complications after being treated by a doctor, surgeon, or other healthcare professional for an injury or illness is devastating. Many people whose health declines after receiving treatments may assume that they’re victims of medical malpractice. While not every case of worsening health after treatment is medical malpractice, the scope of such negligence is […]