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The delivery of a child is a joyful time for most families. However, when something goes wrong in the delivery room, a newborn baby can suffer a birth injury that could affect their future.
If you believe your child developed a serious birth injury because of the negligent or reckless actions of a medical provider, with the help of an experienced medical malpractice attorney, your family could pursue financial compensation in a civil lawsuit. A seasoned Hempstead birth injury lawyer from Duffy & Duffy could review the details of your case to see if your family has grounds for a damages claim.
A birth injury typically occurs during delivery or just before a baby is born because of a mismanagement of care. A birth injury can cause infections or affect your child’s brain development, muscle development, or nerve functioning. While some birth injuries are temporary and resolve on their own or with minor medical treatment, others result in life-altering physical or cognitive effects.
Babies can suffer damage to arms and hands if an obstetrician has difficulty delivering the shoulder and causes nerve damage. If a child develops brachial or Erb’s palsy, they cannot fully rotate or flex the affected arm.
When a doctor uses delivery tools such as a vacuum extractor, a baby could develop swelling of the scalp’s soft tissue. This is a potentially serious condition.
Bell’s palsy is a type of facial paralysis caused by injury to the facial nerves during delivery. It often develops when doctors use forceps.
During difficult deliveries, babies can break bones. Most commonly, collarbone and shoulder fractures occur, especially during breech deliveries.
A lack of sufficient oxygen at or immediately after birth can lead to lifelong health problems. A baby can experience oxygen deprivation if the umbilical cord is wrapped around their neck or if the mother suffers a placental abruption. Lack of oxygen for even a short period can result in permanent disabilities, including cerebral palsy, hearing problems, vision impairment, seizures, motor impairments, and learning disabilities.
Difficult deliveries can also lead to spinal injuries, causing neurological functioning problems. Spinal cord injuries frequently develop after the misuse of forceps.
One of our experienced Hempstead attorneys could review your child’s delivery records and work with medical experts to identify what caused their injuries.
The most common types of medical negligence that cause birth injuries are:
Anyone involved in the delivery process can contribute to a birth injury, including obstetricians, emergency room doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, EMTs, midwives, and other healthcare professionals. Our Hempstead lawyers could guide you through a malpractice claim against all responsible parties to maximize potential compensation for your baby’s mismanaged delivery.
Having a child should be a happy experience. However, if the medical staff you trusted to bring your child into the world made a mistake, your newborn baby could suffer severe health complications.
We are here to help your family recover fair compensation for your losses. Contact a Hempstead birth injury lawyer at Duffy & Duffy Law today to discuss your case.
After years of serving New York–including the Bronx, Queens and Nassau, Suffolk and Kings Counties–, we are confident our injury lawyers can assist you with your claim. We are well respected by our clients, who appreciate not only the outcomes we’ve provided but also the care in which we resolved their cases. As you can see from our successful settlements, we offer excellent results, though the outcome varies depending on the case. Regardless of your case details, you can rest assured our Long Island car accident attorneys will always fight for you as you seek compensation to pay for medical bills, vehicle repairs and more. You deserve to be made whole again after your accident, and Duffy & Duffy is here to help.
No. Our injury cases are handled on a contingent retainer. You pay nothing upfront, and we recover attorney’s fees only if your litigation is successful. We don’t bill by the hour. You don’t need to worry about running up a large attorney’s bill before you see any recovery for your injuries.
Yes. Our firm is dedicated to creating a strong relationship with our clients, beginning with keeping your information and consultation confidential.
Each case we encounter is carefully screened and evidence scrutinized to make sure the claim is meritorious and may be successful at trial. We will perform an investigation, and then our partners make a final decision on whether to take on a case.
