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Birth Injury or Birth Defect
Despite improved nutrition, widespread access to prenatal care and a level of medical technology unimaginable in previous generations, almost 3% of the children born in the United States suffer from birth defects. Some of these children - those with minor injuries - may recover quickly and completely, but others are subject to a lifetime of disability. Unfortunately, the negligent and avoidable errors of doctors, hospitals and nursing staff during the birthing process can cause such injuries.
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Not every birth defect is the result of negligence. Sometimes serious problems arise even where the doctor and all those assisting have done everything reasonably possible to prevent them. It's difficult for lay people to make the determination, especially when overwhelmed by the injury to their newborn child. If your child suffers from a birth defect or birth injury that you believe is the result of medical malpractice, you should consult with an experienced birth defects attorney as soon as possible. A qualified birth injury lawyer, as those listed on this site, work with expert medical consultants and can help you determine just what happened, why it happened, and provide legal guidance and advice as to how you can best protect your child's interests. Further, you may be entitled to substantial monetary damages for your physical and emotional pain. Do not delay in your fight for compensation. This website provides contact information to highly qualified and skilled birth injury attorneys in your area who are standing by to take your case. Please call today.
Birth Injury Information
Not necessarily. Although doctors are trained health care professionals and are held to a high standard of care in treating their patients, they are not in the business of guaranteeing results. Sometimes birth defects and/or birth injuries occur even though a thoroughly qualified physician, assisted by an able staff, has diligently and competently done everything possible to bring about a safe, normal delivery. A lawsuit based on birth defects or birth injuries is a form of medical malpractice action and requires proof that the defendant was negligent in rendering professional services and that injuries occurred as a result.
Birth Injury Resources
For further birth injury and birth defects information, please visit the following websites and/or contact a birth injury lawyer today to discuss your specific case and the lawsuit options available to you.
Birth Injury Lawyers
Not every birth defect is the result of negligence. Sometimes serious problems arise even where the doctor and all those assisting have done everything reasonably possible to prevent them. It's difficult for lay people to make the determination, especially when overwhelmed by the injury to their newborn child. If your child suffers from a birth defect or birth injury that you believe is the result of medical malpractice, you should consult with an experienced birth defects attorney as soon as possible. A qualified birth injury lawyer, as those listed on this site, work with expert medical consultants and can help you determine just what happened, why it happened, and provide legal guidance and advice as to how you can best protect your child's interests. Further, you may be entitled to substantial monetary damages for your physical and emotional pain. Do not delay in your fight for compensation. This website provides contact information to highly qualified and skilled birth injury attorneys in your area who are standing by to take your case. Please call today.
Erb's Palsy Birth Injury
Erb's palsy is a common and very serious brachial plexus injury known as shoulder dystocia. Shoulder dystocia can result in a partial or complete paralysis of the arm that may be permanent. Klumpke's Palsy is a lower plexus injury, frequently resulting in paralysis of the hand and wrist and is extremely similar to Erb's Palsy.
Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury
Cerebral palsy is a term used to describe a group of disorders involving chronic impairment and control of bodily movement that usually first appears in the very young. It has also been known as static encephalopathy, spastic diplegia, and as "Littles disease," after William Little, M.D., a 19 th century British surgeon and medical scholar who wrote about the condition. Dr. Little described children with stiff, spastic arm and leg muscles, indicating that their symptoms seemed neither to deteriorate nor to improve with the passage of time and the process of maturation.
Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
Brachial Plexus Palsy is usually the result of a birth injury to the brachial plexus, a nerve network controlling movement and function of the arm, hand, and fingers. Brachial plexus injuries may be classified as either Erb's Palsy or Klumpke's Palsy.