Cerebral Palsy Causes
Below are examples of known causes of cerebral palsy. Unfortunately, this condition is not always explainable.

• In general, cerebral palsy is a condition caused by restricted or delayed oxygen flow to the brain in the unborn or newborn baby. Severity depends upon the section of brain affected.

• Specifically, the damage results from inadequate blood flow to the brain and/or inadequate concentrations of oxygen in brain tissue.

• Other, less common factors can contribute to brain damage causes of cerebral palsy, such as unusual viruses, mother-child blood type conflict, or accidental head trauma.

• This unfortunate disability is sometimes not preventable. However, mistreatment or poor diagnosis of pregnancy complications, or mishandling of the baby during birth, are often contributing factors that should have been prevented.
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Neglect

Neglect is defined as the failure to fulfill duties and obligations to an older person. This can include failure to pay for necessary care or failure to provide food, water, shelter, medicine, clothing, and other necessities for daily living.

Indicators of Psychological and Emotional Abuse

Examples of psychological and emotional abuse include:

- Agitation or anger
- Withdrawal
- Depression
- Confusion
- Behavior associated with dementia, such as rocking, biting, and sucking

Indicators of Neglect

Indicators of neglect include:

- Dehydration or malnutrition
- Untreated bedsores
- Poor personal hygiene
- Untreated medical conditions
- Unsanitary living conditions
- Harmful living conditions
- Financial Abuse

Financial abuse is defined as the theft or misuse of an elder's funds, property, or assets. Examples of this include stealing an older person's money or possessions, forging their signature, cashing their checks without authorization, and the misuse of guardianship, conservatorship, or power of attorney.

Indicators of Financial Abuse

Examples of financial abuse include:

- Changes in banking practice
- Unauthorized ATM withdrawals
- Addition of names to bank signature card
- Sudden changes in a will
- Disappearance of funds or possessions
- Unpaid bills despite adequate financial resources
- Inadequate care despite adequate financial resources
- Relatives suddenly claiming rights to elder's possessions
- Sudden transfer of money to a relative or non-family member

Abandonment

Abandonment is defined as the desertion of an older person by his or her designated caregiver.

Indicators of Abandonment

Examples of abandonment include:

Desertion of an older person at a nursing home or hospital
Desertion of an older person at a public place, such as a shopping mall

Defective Products

A defective product is a product that causes injury or harm to a person as a result of a design defect, defective manufacturing, or faulty labeling. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), there are approximately 22,000 deaths and more than 29 million injuries associated with consumer products each year.

Examples of products recently defined as defective include breast implants, children's products (toys and strollers, etc.), faulty brakes, hip and joint replacements, tobacco smoke, tires, airbags, and prescription drugs.

Virtually any product in the home, workplace, or environment has the potential to be a defective product. This does not, however, render any and all accidents associated with that product grounds for a suit.