A lawyer who specializes in birth injuries is available for a new case evaluation. Birth injuries have several causes, and the specific details of each birth injury case are unique. A free initial case evaluation may help to evaluate each case. A birth injury lawsuit is a type of medical malpractice case that often is… Read More »
There is always some risk of injury to mothers and children during hospital births. However, negligence by doctors and other medical staff members is the cause of many injuries to mothers and infants. Injuries that occur during birth can have a lifetime of consequences for you and your baby. Many of the most common injuries… Read More »
Birth injury refers to a wide set of problems that affect the mother or baby that occur during pregnancy and delivery. The most common causes of these problems is the result of genetics; however, pregnancy complications and accidents during labor and delivery may be caused by carelessness and late intervention on the part of health… Read More »
Perhaps you are wondering if you should seek a birth injury lawyer. If you live in Chicago or the surrounding area and believe your child was injured at birth, you should consider it. The following is a true story based upon one couple’s struggle to get help for themselves and their daughter so that they… Read More »
Medical malpractice (negligence) or improper medical care including pre-natal care, labor and delivery can cause physical harm to the newborn and/or the mother. These birth injuries are considered a civil wrong (tort) which often provides the foundation of a medical malpractice lawsuit. The injury could be a result of an intentional or careless action of… Read More »
Modern parents are more protective of their children than any other generation in history, and they have good reason to be. Children are injured, even killed, every day due to the carelessness or intentional actions of others, usually adults who are supposed to know and do better. Children are most commonly injured during birth, due… Read More »
Cerebral palsy is caused when not enough oxygen reaches a baby’s brain during a woman’s pregnancy or during the birthing process. When oxygen does not reach the baby’s brain, then distress occurs and serious brain damage could occur. There are different forms of cerebral palsy, but one of the most common reasons that cerebral palsy… Read More »
Many times, a birth injury is preventable. The injuries involved might be directly related to exposure to highly toxic substances or medical malpractice negligence. In fact, if your infant suffers from retinoblastoma, Erb’s palsy, cerebral palsy, forceps injuries, bronchial plexus injury, shoulder dystocia, brain swelling, brain damage, internal bleeding or other possible birth-related injuries you… Read More »