Birth Injuries
Pennsylvania Birth Injury Lawsuits
If your baby has been diagnosed with any type of mental disorder, delayed or impaired motor skills, or cerebral palsy, it could very well be the result of medical malpractice or doctor negligence during delivery or following the birthing process. Many injuries sustained at birth, or during the process of giving birth, can result in significant medical, emotional and financial challenges over the course of a lifetime. If your child was injured when he or she was born, it needs to be determined who is at fault, such as the obstetrician, nurse, physician assistant, pediatrician or another health care provider. Working with a skilled Chester County, Pennsylvania, birth injury attorney will ensure you, and your family, get the compensation and benefits you are entitled to.
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Birth Injury Types
- Cerebral palsy
- Cranial nerve trauma
- Spinal cord trauma
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Paralysis
- Meningitis
- Fractures
- Erb’s palsy
Causes Of Pennsylvania Birth Injuries
Many types of injuries at birth can be prevented. For instance, cerebral palsy, a common type of birth injury, is the manifestation of a lack of sufficient oxygen to the fetus during labor. This lack of oxygen starts out as perinatal asphyxia. The prolonged lack of oxygen ultimately causes permanent brain tissue damage. The obstetrician team should be able to prevent this lack of oxygen by monitoring variations in the heart rate of the fetus during birth. Other types of birth injuries, such as fractures, paralysis and nerve trauma, can be the result of the doctor or health care practitioner being too rough or forceful while delivering the baby. Certain types of birth injuries, such as shoulder dystocia, are a result of the fetus being too large or awkwardly positioned in the uterus.
How Our Pennsylvania Birth Injury Attorneys Can Help
Where and how your child’s birth injury occurred dictates who is responsible or accountable for your injuries. Sometimes an insurance company is responsible for an injury caused by an individual doctor in private practice. In other cases, a third party or corporate entities such as hospitals or health care organizations are responsible. Regardless, our Pennsylvania, birth injury attorneys can help you obtain the full amount of financial compensation for your injuries, including pain and suffering, current medical expenses, future medical costs and rehabilitation.
Contact Our Pennsylvania, Birth Injury Lawyers
If your child has been injured due to the negligence or carelessness of a doctor, nurse, hospital, obstetrician team or physician assistant, please call Donze & Donze Attorneys at Law at 610-472-9120. A Chester County, Pennsylvania, birth injury law office can also be reached via email by clicking here. The Pennsylvania, medical malpractice lawyers at Donze & Donze Attorneys at Law serve those injured in all types of medical malpractice accidents and cases of hospital negligence.