Medical Malpractice

Has your baby suffered from any kind of injury during delivery? If so, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit and seek damages for the injuries sustained by your baby. If your baby has gone through complications in the process of his delivery, he could suffer some serious health problems. These problems are collectively called birth trauma or birth injuries.

About 27 out of 1,000 babies have been reported to have suffered from birth injuries. Injuries often caused by operative vaginal or abdominal deliveries are the following: oxygen deprivation, commonly caused by a compressed or twisted umbilical cord; mechanical trauma caused by the baby?s awkward position during birth; physical trauma caused as the baby passes through the mother?s birth canal; and mistakes or negligence on the part of the medical staff.

Malpractice cases filed against doctors are the following: caput succedaneum, a severe swelling of scalp tissue that happens during the baby?s travel through the birth canal; cephalohematoma, which happens a few hours after the birth, where there is bleeding underneath the cranial bone; temporary facial paralysis, injuries to facial nerves during labor; brachial palsy, excessive pressure applied on the baby?s head, neck or shoulders that can cause injury on the brachial plexus; fracture of the clavicle or the collar bone, the most common injury to a baby during childbirth; klumpke?s palsy, which causes paralysis to certain areas of the hands; brachial plexus palsy, where groups of nerves in the arms and hands are injured, causing the baby difficulty in flexing and rotating his arms; and cerebral palsy, the failure to control movement.

When a baby experiences a variety of injuries, you usually do not want to go through with an investigation or lawsuit. However, your lawyer can help you get substantial compensation for the birth injuries your baby suffered as well as coverage for your medical bills.