Birth Injury
Birth Trauma

A child's birth should be the happiest day in a parent's life. Statistically, parents have good reason to believe that it will be a smooth event, but the fact remains that doctors and medical personnel can sometimes make mistakes in the delivery room.

These critical errors can lead to serious birth trauma for a newborn child, resulting in a lifetime of medical, emotional, and financial complications.

Causes of Birth Injuries

In some cases, birth trauma is caused by the negligence of a doctor, nurse or medical staff involved in the delivery of the injured child. Birth injuries can result from: incorrect dosage of powerful narcotics during the birthing process; delay of critical procedures, including C-section; failing to properly read, interpret, and act upon the fetal heart rate.

With respect to the imperfect and erratic nature of medicine and childbirth, it is important to recognize when a doctor or nurse's negligence has caused a serious birth injury.  In such cases, a parent should consult with an experienced birth injury lawyer who can advise them of their legal options, determine if negligence took place, and help recover compensation for current and future medical costs associated with that injury.

Complications of Birth Trauma

A child that experiences complications during birth, or a birth injury, might develop a significant form of birth trauma. The two most common types of birth injuries are nerve damage (which can mean a loss of use of the arms or legs), and hypoxia (which can lead to cerebral palsy or brain damage).

These birth injuries can damage the natural brain development of your child and will not only negatively impact their quality of life, but may prevent them from ever being able to live independently later on.

Sadly, most injuries caused by birth complications are irreversible, meaning your child's life will be forever impacted by this mistake. The lifetime costs for the treatment of such medical conditions as cerebral palsy can be very high. These are just a few of the reasons why you need to ensure your child gets the type and level of medical care they deserve.

Birth Trauma and Personal Injury Lawsuits

If your child has displayed signs of cerebral palsy, nerve damage or similar birth trauma, and you suspect she or he is the victim of a birth injury stemming from neglect, then you should contact an experienced birth injury lawyer (personal injury lawyer who has handled birth injury claims).

Financial compensation will obviously never be an adequate remedy to make up for the life challenges and pain caused by birth injury caused by negligence. What money damages may be able to do is offset birth injury-related costs, including hospital bills, occupational and speech therapy, visiting nurse care, establishing a trust fund to provide living expenses for your disabled child, pay for medical supplies.

This is clearly an emotional time for you and your family. It is not uncommon for insurance companies or other negligent parties to offer you a settlement far below what your child's birth injuries will end up costing your family in medical and therapeutic care. It's important to have a qualified birth injury attorney on your side to look out for your family's best interests and to ensure you receive a fair settlement or trial verdict.

Birth Injury Attorney

For dedication and experience, contact a birth injury lawyer at the Harris Law Firm. Firm principal attorney David Harris used to serve as defense counsel to hospitals, midwives, and doctors, defending them against birth injury claims. Now, he handles cases on behalf of birth injury victims

For dedication and experience, call the Harris Law Firm. We proudly serve clients throughout Florida, but our focus is on those who, like us, live here in Southwest Florida, including: Charlotte County, Collier County, Desoto County, Glades County, Hardee County, Hendry County, Highlands County, Lee County, Manatee County, Sarasota County.

We provide aggressive, prompt, and ethical advocacy on behalf of individuals and families who have suffered serious personal injury, accident injury, and wrongful death. Contact us today.

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