The news that your child has been injured at birth can mar the otherwise joyful experience of welcoming a baby into the world. Your relief at learning that your child was able to survive what could have been a life-threatening emergency may be quickly replaced with outrage, frustration and concern over the realization that your child is starting life out with an injury that may constitute a partial or total disability. Your child may require extensive ongoing medical treatment, and he or she may never be able to achieve self-sufficiency. He or she may never be capable of earning an income to be fully independent and might be prevented from enjoying all that life has to offer.
Don't assume that the doctor did everything that could - and should - have been done to prevent your child's injury. No matter how well trained an obstetrician may be, he or she is still liable to make mistakes, and when this happens, the results can be disastrous. Some birth injuries are unavoidable, but a certain percentage can be directly attributed to careless, reckless or otherwise negligent actions on the part of the attending doctor or nurses. If this is true in your case, an Antelope Valley birth injury lawyer from our law firm may be able to help you obtain justice and financial compensation by filing a medical malpractice claim.
We have represented numerous clients whose babies have suffered from birth injuries such as:
When pursuing monetary damages for Erb's palsy, cerebral palsy or some other type of birth injury, it is necessary to conduct an exhaustive investigation in order to discover the evidence necessary to prove the cause of the injury. For example, it may be found that the doctor failed to order a C-section despite a diagnosis of gestational diabetes and that this was the cause of a distressed labor that resulted in an injury to the baby.
There are many possible scenarios in which a medical practitioner could be held responsible for a birth injury, and we encourage you to contact us for a free case evaluation to find out whether you have grounds to sue.