In July of 2012, a decision was reached by the Missouri Supreme Court in the case of Deborah Watts v. Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, et al., 376 S.W.3d 633 (Mo 2012). The case held the cap on non-economic damages found in Mo.Rev State. § 528.10 was unconstitutional. This cap had been…
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The parents of an infant received a damages award of $4.4 million this week after a jury ruled that the Rock Hill, South Carolina hospital and its staff was negligent during their daughter’s November 2003 birth. The medical malpractice suit alleges that the baby suffered a permanent brain injury from…
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Updated Information Regarding SSRI’s and Birth Defects In January of 2016, a study completed by the CDC confirmed some findings that birth defects occur two to three times more frequently among babies born to women who took certain types of SSRI medications such as paroxetine and fluoxetine–early in their pregnancy….
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