{"id":50,"date":"2017-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/proving-negligence-in-a-brachial-palsy-injury-case\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:30:09","slug":"proving-negligence-in-a-brachial-palsy-injury-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/proving-negligence-in-a-brachial-palsy-injury-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Proving negligence in a brachial palsy injury case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/injury.findlaw.com\/medical-malpractice\/birth-injuries-cerebral-palsy-and-erbs-palsy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Brachial palsy<\/a> is a type of birth injury that occurs in the brachial plexus and occurs twice for every thousand births. The brachial plexus is a concentration of nerves that connect the arms and hands to the spinal cord. Brachial palsy or Erb&#8217;s palsy as it&#8217;s commonly referred to\u00a0occurs when too much force is applied to the head and neck region while the baby is being delivered. This most often happens to large babies when medical personnel is overzealous with their use of suction equipment or gripping tools when delivering the baby.<\/p>\n<p>When too much force is applied to the neck and shoulder region while pulling the baby out, the little body can&#8217;t handle it and nerves in the brachial plexus rupture thus causing nerve damage. This can cause serious long term damage ranging from loss of sensation in the hands to paralysis of the whole arm. An indicator of brachial palsy is that the baby will normally not move the affected arm and keep it tucked in beside the body.<\/p>\n<p>Any injuries relating to brachial palsy or complications are generally a product of negligence on the part of the physician or medical personnel who delivered the baby. The negligence can come in various forms:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/proving-negligence-in-a-brachial-palsy-injury-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Proving negligence in a brachial palsy injury case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brachial palsy is a type of birth injury that occurs in the brachial plexus and occurs twice for every thousand births. The brachial plexus is a concentration of nerves that connect the arms and hands to the spinal cord. Brachial palsy or Erb&#8217;s palsy as it&#8217;s commonly referred to\u00a0occurs when too much force is applied [&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":[13],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injuries","tag-birth-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Proving negligence in a brachial palsy injury case &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 15, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Proving negligence in a brachial palsy injury case - Birth Injuries - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/proving-negligence-in-a-brachial-palsy-injury-case\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Proving negligence in a brachial palsy injury case &#8212; 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