{"id":1905,"date":"2017-11-17T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2018-09-07T12:01:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:01:33","slug":"united-states-government-seeks-indemnification-birth-fatality-malpractice-claim-obstetrician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/united-states-government-seeks-indemnification-birth-fatality-malpractice-claim-obstetrician\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Government Seeks Indemnification For Birth Fatality Malpractice Claim Against Obstetrician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Injuries to infants are common. Some injuries are results of unpreventable incidents. However, other injuries occur because of the negligence of medical professionals. Physicians are tasked with performing medical actions that can prevent these types of injuries from occurring. A birth injury <a href=\"https:\/\/dockets.justia.com\/docket\/new-jersey\/njdce\/1:2017cv06133\/352965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a>, case number\u00a017-cv-06133, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, has implications for New York birth injury claims.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff went into labor and was admitted to a medical center, where the medical staff determined that the child was in a breech position. The plaintiff, however, alleged that the doctor did not perform an ultrasound to confirm this guess, and the failure to order an ultrasound was a substantial factor in causing the newborn baby&#8217;s death, according to the plaintiff&#8217;s complaint. The doctors medically induced the plaintiff&#8217;s labor, and the plaintiff&#8217;s obstetrician delivered the baby. The obstetrician was unable to determine the baby&#8217;s orientation in the birth canal. Therefore, he delivered the plaintiff&#8217;s child in a breech position. The defendant doctor made at least five failed attempts at intubation while the baby&#8217;s heart rate fell and attempted resuscitation for a half-hour before the baby was pronounced dead, due to respiratory failure.<\/p>\n<p>The United States government was named as a defendant in the lawsuit because the doctor named as a defendant was a Public Health Service doctor. The United State government is seeking indemnification from the defendant doctor for any liability that attaches from the underlying medical malpractice claim. The United States government alleged that the defendant doctor had a duty to exercise the degree of skill and care that is required of health care, medical, and nursing professionals under similar circumstances in\u00a0making all diagnoses, examinations, tests, and treatments, and not to abandon the plaintiff in any way.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/united-states-government-seeks-indemnification-birth-fatality-malpractice-claim-obstetrician\/#more-1905\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Injuries to infants are common. Some injuries are results of unpreventable incidents. However, other injuries occur because of the negligence of medical professionals. Physicians are tasked with performing medical actions that can prevent these types of injuries from occurring. A birth injury case, case number\u00a017-cv-06133, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>United States Government Seeks Indemnification For Birth Fatality Malpractice Claim Against Obstetrician &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; November 17, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Injuries to infants are common. Some injuries are results of unpreventable incidents. 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