Birth Injuries: How and Why?
It is difficult to understand how a doctor, nurse or hospital can make a mistake that would cause a baby to have a life-long injury. Tragically, these mistakes do happen, and when they do, parents have the right to know how it happened and why. For the sake of their child, they also need financial compensation to deal with the injury.
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As lawyers, we see a lot of tragedies, but birth injuries are especially difficult. These injuries usually happen because of a moment's inattention or a lapse of professional judgment. The person who pays the most for the mistake is the baby who will usually spend a lifetime coping with an injury caused by medical malpractice.
If your child suffered a birth injury, contact the medical malpractice attorneys of Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi, Pearlman, Julian & Pertz in upstate New York.
- The story may be on the fetal monitor strip. When we investigate a birth injury case, our medical experts will examine the fetal heart monitor strip. Changes on the strip may indicate that a c-section was necessary. This inaction may have led to cerebral palsy or some other neurological disorder.
- The fetus may be too large for the maternal pelvis. This situation should have been diagnosed early in the labor process, but when a doctor hesitates, the result may be trauma to the baby's head or shoulder. That can cause Erb's palsy, shoulder dystocia or Klumpke's palsy.
- Was the mother's health ignored? Before, during and after pregnancy, the mother should be monitored for any signs of disease that could damage the fetus or the mother.
If your child suffered a birth injury, contact us. If the injury was caused by medical malpractice, our attorneys will consult with a doctor to obtain an expert opinion. The consultation is free. You will not owe us attorneys fees unless we recover compensation for you.
