How Do Birth Injuries To A Mother Occur?

In 2020, 861 women in the United States died of maternal causes. Despite continued medical advances, the number of pregnancy-related deaths has steadily increased since the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System was first introduced in 1987. Some of these deaths could not have been prevented with current medical knowledge and tools, but others were preventable with proper care or, tragically, were caused by the medical malpractice of healthcare providers.

Medical malpractice occurs when you are injured because your doctors, nurses, midwives, hospitals, or other healthcare providers do not meet the applicable standard of care. The standard of care requires that all healthcare providers act reasonably and diligently in the given circumstance when treating a patient. In medical malpractice cases, a healthcare provider can breach the duty of care owed to you by the actions that are taken, or by a failure to act. A birth injury to a mother can happen as a result of