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The doctors and nurses who
took care of me while I was in labor with my son, caused my
son and our entire family a lifetime of problems. You see,
they failed to pay attention to the warnings the fetal monitor
strip was giving them and, as a result, my son was very ill
when he was born. He has Cerebral Palsy and will have it for
the rest of his life.
My name is Rachel B. and I delivered my son in a hospital in
St. Louis County. I am a nurse, myself, and felt that I would
get the best of care. Unfortunately, throughout the night
before he was born, the fetal monitor strip showed clear
warning signs that he was having difficulty and that a
Cesarean Section should be performed. The nurse never called
the doctor to tell him about that. When the doctor did finally
arrive, it took him a long time to decide what to do, even
though the fetal monitor strip showed that my son was dying.
They finally performed an emergency Cesarean Section, but at
that time it was too late, my son’s brain was damaged. My son
was severely injured because of the negligence of these health
care providers.
As you can guess, I was devastated when the doctors told me
that my son had “Hypoxic ischemic Encephalopathy”. I knew what
that meant because of my medical training. It is basically a
fancy word for Cerebral Palsy. I was a single mother and did
not know where to turn. I called Terry Crouppen to ask him if
he could help. He said that Brown and Crouppen would help in
any way they could.
When I first met with the lawyers at Brown & Crouppen I could
tell that they knew what they were talking about with regard
to the medical care, or lack of it, that I had been provided.
They immediately went to work in obtaining all of the medical
records from my labor and delivery as well as all of the
records of the treating doctors who had provided care to my
son. They hired expert witnesses to evaluate my son and also
to testify against the negligent nurses and doctors who had
caused my son’s injury. They pursued the law suit until the
doctors’ and nurses’ insurance companies approached them and
said, “Let’s talk settlement.”
All of the money in the world will not change the terrible
harm done to my son. But at least, with the help of the
lawyers at Brown & Crouppen, I know that my son’s future needs
will be taken care of financially. The lawyers made sure that
the money that they obtained from the insurance company went
into a trust that will be there to take care of my son even if
I am unable to do so.
Working in the healthcare field, I have frequently heard
co-employees make negative remarks about trial lawyers. I can
only say that I am glad I had trial lawyers to help me when I
needed help the most. I am glad I made that call to Terry
Crouppen. My son deserved nothing less.
Rachel B.
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