Joanna Szabo  |  November 15, 2017

Category: Consumer News

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cerebral palsy birth injury newborn babyParents whose children were born with cerebral palsy may choose to file a lawsuit over medical malpractice. Birth injuries are not always due to medical malpractice, but those that are may be grounds for pursuing cerebral palsy claims.

Birth Injury Basics

Childbirth is a much safer process for both mothers and infants in recent decades than it has been historically. But there are still substantial risks involved, even to this day. While birth injuries can occur on their own during childbirth, the risk of birth injury can be substantially exacerbated by medical malpractice or negligence.

Birth injuries can be long-lasting or permanent in nature, with serious effects that can last their whole lives.

The most common birth injuries include:

  • Cerebral palsy
  • Oxygen deprivation
  • Mental retardation
  • Erb’s palsy
  • Klumpke’s palsy
  • Brachial plexus
  • Retinopathy of prematurity

Some of these birth injuries may be able to resolve themselves on their own. For many children, however, birth injuries like these lead to ongoing and often severe health problems. Not only can this impair a person’s ability to live their life, it can also cause major financial problems for the family.

While in some cases, birth injuries are unavoidable, medical negligence or malpractice during childbirth may be at least partly to blame in other instances.

Hundreds of parents who believe that medical malpractice is responsible for their child’s birth injury choose to file lawsuits each year. Families hope that compensation from a birth injury lawsuit can help alleviate the effects of the regular medical expenses that go hand-in-hand with many birth injuries.

Of course, not all birth injuries are the direct result of medical malpractice or negligence—some are unavoidable, or are brought on due to a particularly difficult birth. Some parents, however, come forward with cerebral palsy claims, alleging that their child’s injury might have been avoided with the proper care. An experienced medical malpractice lawyer can help you find answers and even receive compensation for medical expenses, cost of care, and litigation payments.

In some cases, birth injuries may not reveal themselves for years after birth, as in the case of cerebral palsy claims. In these instances, the connection between the birth injury and medical negligence during childbirth may be less obvious. A medical malpractice lawyer may be able to help with cerebral palsy claims.

Filing a Lawsuit Over Cerebral Palsy Claims

If your child has suffered from cerebral palsy and you believe the birth injury may have been caused by medical malpractice during childbirth, you may be able to file a lawsuit with cerebral palsy claims. While filing a lawsuit cannot take away the pain and suffering from birth injuries, it can help to alleviate the financial burden caused by the related ongoing medical expenses and lost wages. Compensation may be able to provide support for prolonged or life-long costs associated with raising a child with special needs caused by birth trauma.

Seeking a lawyer with experience in litigation over medical negligence during childbirth can help you determine whether or not your child’s birth trauma was caused by medical negligence. A medical malpractice lawyer can also help your claims significantly and help you reach a settlement that can help with medical expenses, care, lost wages, and litigation costs.

Do YOU have a legal claim? Fill out the form on this page now for a free, immediate, and confidential case evaluation. The medical malpractice attorneys who work with Top Class Actions will contact you if you qualify to let you know if an individual birth injury lawsuit or class action lawsuit is best for you. [In general, birth injury lawsuits are filed individually by each plaintiff and are not class actions.] Hurry — statutes of limitations may apply.

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