Birth Injury Attorneys
|
What Do Birth Injury Attorneys Do?
Birth injury lawsuits are handled as medical malpractice claims by birth injury attorneys. The premise of these legal cases is that a medical professional did not provide patient care within the limits of the accepted "standard of care". In otherwords, it is the job of your attorney to prove that your child's birth injury was directly caused by the negligence or error of a medical professional. This could be the doctor, a nurse, a medical technician, or other healthcare professional whose negligence or lack of attention caused a medical mistake.
Medical malpractice claims are complex legal cases that require an experienced attorney to settle or litigate your birth injury lawsuit. A thorough review of the medical records, interviews with hospital staff, evidence analysis, and expert medical witnesses are all important elements of a medical malpractice suit. Only an experienced birth injury attorney can effectively review your situation and advise you of your rights.
If you are concerned that your child may have sustained a birth injury, contact an attorney today. You may be unsure whether your child's injury was caused by nature or by medical malpractice but a respected birth injury attorney can help to protect your child's rights. Birth Injury Attorney Websites
Birth Injury Internet Resources
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CDC)
Neurology Channel - A Focus on Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy Association
National Information Center For Children and Youth With Disabilities National Easter Seal Society National Brachial Plexus/Erb’s Palsy Assocation Related Google Notebook Topic: North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Related Google Notebook Topic: Medical Malpractice Attorneys / Healthcare Negligence Lawyers Birth Injury News Headlines
BY BILL MCKELWAY. The state birth-injury program's cash shortage grew by $15 million to $132 million last year, according to a study released last week. ... State loses in birth-injury case
The state shortchanged lawyers for families challenging the birth-injury program by denying legal fees, then refusing to include interest when ordered to pay ... Yoga joins treatment for kids with disabilities
... when she saw an ad in the back of a yoga magazine for "yoga for the special child." Her daughter, Ella, who is now 3, has cerebral palsy due to a birth injury. ... Study could help prevent brain injury during birth
A three-year Auckland study into how premature babies' brains work could save future children from brain injury during birth, a researcher has said. ... U.K. Hospitals botch 300 births a year ... “I found out later that the hospital where he was born was known by doctors as the ‘spastics factory’ because of the number of birth injuries.”. ... Did You Know?
Statistics show that approximately 27 out of every 1,000 births involve some sort of birth related injury, with cerebral palsy as one of the most common.
The most common birth injuries are cerebral palsy, oxygen deprivation, mental retardation, Erb’s Palsy, Klumpke’s Palsy and Brachial Plexus injuries. The ability to file a medical malpractice claim when birth injuries are of a permanent nature provides the possibility for both the newborn and its family to recover monetary damages for:
While most doctors, nurses, midwives, and hospital technicians provide a high standard of care for their patients, unfortunately, many families are harmed by medical mistakes. Parents of a child suffering with a birth injury should contact an experienced birth injury attorney to research the cause of their child’s condition. Medical mistakes are responsible for many birth injury cases and it would be impossible for a parent, alone, to determine if medical malpractice caused their child's injury. It is only through the dedicated and thorough efforts of a legal and medical team that the cause can be ascertained. |