Legal Assistance for Misdiagnosis or Failure to Diagnose Gestational Diabetes
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- August 24, 2023

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The lawyer you retain to represent you during a birth injury claim can make all the difference in the outcome of your case. The team at Freedland Harwin Valori, PL consists of aggressive, dedicated attorneys with your family’s best interests in mind. Failure to diagnose and treat maternal issues such as gestational diabetes can result in harm to both mother and baby. If an obstetrician negligently failed to diagnose your gestational diabetes, contact us to see if you have the elements of a Florida medical malpractice claim. We might be able to help you fight for compensation for you and/or your child’s damages.
What Is Gestational Diabetes?
Gestational diabetes is a relatively common issue during pregnancy, affecting thousands of women every year. It describes, in essence, high glucose levels and extra insulin during pregnancy. If diagnosed in time, physicians can treat gestational diabetes with a likely chance of preventing harm to the mother and baby. Failure to diagnose this issue, on the other hand, can cause it to escalate and cause several serious health issues. Undiagnosed gestational diabetes can result in the following harms and birth complications:
- High blood sugar levels in infant
- Extra insulin in the infant’s pancreas
- Fetal macrosomia (“fat baby” syndrome)
- Brachial plexus or shoulder dystocia injury from excessive fetal size
- Increased risk of obesity later in life
- Increased risk of labor and delivery problems
- Early delivery risks, including respiratory distress in premature infants
- Increased risk of preeclampsia
- Development of type 2 diabetes in mother
- Increased risk of gestational diabetes in subsequent pregnancies
When symptoms of gestational diabetes present in an expecting mother, it is an obstetrician or gynecologist’s (OBGYN’s) duty to detect them, order appropriate tests, and diagnose the condition in a timely manner. That way, the mother can begin treatment. Changing diet, exercising, and maintaining a healthy weight can all potentially treat gestational diabetes before it adversely affects the mother and infant. Failure to fulfill an OBGYN’s duties to diagnose gestational diabetes on time to prevent harm, resulting in injuries to mother or child, is medical malpractice.
How to Prove a Gestational Diabetes Claim
As a mother, experiencing gestational diabetes can be traumatic. Finding out that injuries to yourself or your child might have happened because of the negligence of an OBGYN can be even more distressing. As soon as you suspect that this is the case, contact a birth injury attorney. Freedland Harwin Valori, PL offers free confidential consultations with attorneys so that parents can learn their rights at no cost or obligation. During your evaluation, we’ll listen to your story and tell you if we believe your case has merit in the Florida civil courts.
You might have a medical malpractice claim for failure to treat gestational diabetes if you can prove that the OBGYN or other party owed you a duty of care, neglected this duty, and in doing so caused your or your baby’s injuries. A skilled lawyer can help you with your burden of proof, as well as with the full filing process. To schedule a meeting with one of our attorneys about your FTD claim, call (954) 467-6400 or visit us online.

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ALL FIELDS REQUIRED
- BIRTH TRAUMA
- EMERGENCY ROOM MISTAKES
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE OR MISDIAGNOSIS – CANCER
- FAILURE OR DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS OF SEPSIS
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT GESTATIONAL DIABETES
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE BREAST CANCER
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE HEART ATTACK
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE OR TREAT AORTIC DISSECTION
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE PNEUMONIA
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
- FAILURE TO TREAT STROKE
- HOSPITAL MALPRACTICE
- INTRAVENOUS INFILTRATION
- MEDICATION ERRORS
- MEDICATION OVERDOSE
- MISDIAGNOSIS
- NEGLIGENT FETAL MONITORING
- OB/GYN ERRORS
- PACU ERRORS
- PLASTIC SURGERY ERRORS
- PREOPERATIVE CLEARANCE ERROR
- RADIOLOGY ERRORS
- SPINE SURGERY MISTAKES
- SURGERY CENTER ERRORS
- SURGICAL ERRORS
CASE RESULTS
$24.5 Million
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
JURY VERDICT
Damages Jury Verdict on behalf of the family of a 34-year-old woman who bled to death during childbirth. With the assistance of top experts, we were able to demonstrate that doctors did not follow proper safety protocols, forcing the defendants to admit liability shortly before trial.
$12.2 Million
PHARMACEUTICAL LIABILITY
SETTLEMENT
A settlement won on behalf of the family of a 47 year old woman whose death resulted from the use of a dangerous pharmaceutical drug. We proved the manufacturer knew of the dangerous side effects & did not provide proper warning.
$10 Million
BIRTH INJURY
SETTLEMENT
A settlement on behalf of a child who suffered a brain injury as a result of oxygen deprivation during birth. Through years of tactical and technical litigation, we were able to prove that the nurses and physicians both failed to intervene and prevent the brain injury.
$1.2 Million
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
SETTLEMENT
A settlement on behalf of a middle-aged man who was read ended by a waste management truck.
$1.5 Million
NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE
SETTLEMENT
A settlement on behalf of the family of an elderly man who died as a result of being neglected and uncared for by a nursing home.
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