Virginia has a state run program called Birth-related Neurological Compensation Fund which supplies the children and families affected by birth trauma with the money necessary to pay for the lifetime of needed medical and home care. Unfortunately, this program is seriously lacking the funds necessary to keep up with the need.

According to an audit released on May 13th, the twenty year old program is short the $127.6 million needed to maintain the lifetime care needed by the infants who have entered the program.

The state run program was the first of its kind in the United States. Florida is the only other state to utilize a similar program.

The lack of money in the fund is due to underestimated financial projections of the needed child care. This clearly demonstrates the serious financial toll that birth trauma can have on families.

Birth trauma attorneys are working to hold negligent parties responsible in order to prevent the devastation of birth injuries from occurring.

A four year old boy in Illinois was awarded $2.35 million by a jury in a birth injury case on May 7th. The boy suffered a shoulder injury during birth that has resulted in a permanent disability.

The jury found that the doctor who delivered the boy in 2004 was responsible for the injury. He is accused of pulling on the head and neck of the boy when the boy’s shoulder became lodged on the mother’s pubic bone. The lawsuit also claims that the medical facility shared responsibility for the injuries.

The doctor has since moved from Illinois to California.

Multiple surgeries and physical therapy sessions are required for the boy. The lawsuit will help to cover the medical expenses that have resulted due to the negligence of the physician and medical facility.

Birth injury attorneys are working on cases where permanent disability or fatality has resulted because of medical negligence. The ultimate goal of a birth injury lawsuit is to help those who lives have been devastated and to prevent birth trauma from occurring again.