NYC BIRTH INJURY ATTORNEYS

NYC BIRTH INJURY ATTORNEYS

Having a baby should be joyful, and although most newborns are delivered without any problems, complications during delivery or pregnancy could result in birth injuries. When these injuries are caused by the negligence of a hospital, an obstetrician, or any other healthcare provider, a medical malpractice lawsuit may help to get compensation. As birth injury claims can be complex due to them involving various medical disciplines, it is crucial to be represented by experienced birth injury lawyers. Contacting a birth injury or medical malpractice attorney is vital.

Rozhik Law Firm PLLC in Brooklyn’s birth injury lawyers provide efficient, caring legal services to families whose babies have been injured at birth. Our company is here to help, whether the malpractice occurred in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, or Long Island, or the Counties of Orange, Rockland, or Westchester. If an obstetrician in Brooklyn did not diagnose or identify problems during childbirth, or respond to these, or if your newborn was injured due to poor prenatal care or improper use of medical equipment in The Bronx, we can assist you in obtaining compensation that will benefit your child and help provide them with financial security so they can acquire the long-term treatments and services they may require for the rest of their life.

Birth Injuries

Complications during delivery or labor often cause birth injuries that lead to physical harm. Using medical devices or techniques, such as a vacuum pump or forceps improperly, or any other delivery room error, can lead to several types of physical trauma.

Spasmodic Torticollis (Cervical Dystonia)

This is caused by injuries to the baby’s shoulders, neck, or head resulting from mistakes causing the neck muscles to contract, leading to the baby’s head tilting backward or forward, or turning to the side.

Hypoxic Encephalopathy

During any phase of labor, a baby can suffer from a shortage of oxygen in utero. It is the responsibility of the medical professionals attending to you during labor to determine if a baby is at risk and to deliver the baby quickly to prevent hypoxic or anoxic brain damage. A shortage of oxygen may ultimately lead to various neurological issues, including cerebral palsy (CP). Children that have CP normally experience motor skill and muscle control difficulties, and also suffer from speech impediments and muscle spasms. Severe cases often lead to epilepsy, intellectual deficiencies, paralysis, and other damages that need lifelong care.

Newborns may also sustain birth defects from infections, such as meningitis or group B strep, which are transmitted from the mother to the baby in the birth canal. Injuries from spina bifida, anemia, or folic acid deficiencies can also occur. If a doctor makes a timely and correct diagnosis, these injuries are preventable.

Brachial plexus injuries (Erb’s Palsy)

If excessive traction is used on a baby’s neck or head during childbirth, this can result in the nerves connecting the baby’s spinal cord to its hands and arms being damaged. Erb’s palsy may paralyze a child’s neck, arms, or shoulders, and could cause the loss of sensation or muscle control in the hands or arms. Although minor nerve damage tends to heal over time, substantial damage unfortunately doesn’t.

Injuries during C-Sections
Medical negligence and mistakes during a C-section can cause fractures, facial lacerations, nerve damage, or cervical cord injuries. Newborns can also be put under respiratory distress that could in turn lead to long-term health and neurological problems.

Shoulder dystocia
This happens during delivery when the infant’s shoulders and head is trapped behind the pelvic bone of the mother. Even though this injury is not very common, shoulder dystocia may lead to complications that could severely harm both the newborn and mother, and could even lead to death.

Grounds for Birth Injury Claims

It may be possible to file a medical malpractice lawsuit if birth injuries have been caused by a hospital, nurse, doctor, or other healthcare providers being negligent. All medical professionals throughout New York State and in New York City are duty-bound to provide the relevant standard of care during delivery and pregnancy. This means they have to be diligent at all times during the course of the pregnancy, and should recognize the potential risks to the baby and mother, allowing them to provide proper and required medical care.

The mother’s health should be monitored continuously by the doctor, and they should identify any childbirth and pregnancy injuries. It is nowadays possible for doctors to diminish the risks of birth trauma and a difficult delivery by using ultrasound images to determine a fetus’ position before labor. A valid birth injury claim ultimately needs to show that a medical professional did not provide a mother and/or child with acceptable medical care and that the injury to the infant was caused by this failure.

Why Was My Child Injured at Birth?

Although childbirth is very delicate, doctors delivering babies have been trained extensively and should be very familiar with being able to handle the numerous unique circumstances and complications that may be present during childbirth. There is therefore no reason why an infant should ever be injured during birth.

There are unfortunately numerous ways in which doctors can be negligent, thereby causing severe injuries to infants. Typical birth injury causes include:

• Delayed delivery
• Not recognizing complications during labor
• Using vacuum extraction or forceps improperly
• Failing to perform a Cesarean section when required
• Failing to perform emergency procedures to address complications

Any of these negligent actions could lead to birth injuries quickly. Most parents however won’t know if these acts of negligence have happened, as they trust that medical workers will provide them and their child with proper care.

Although you may believe that your child’s birth injury was caused by medical malpractice, you can never be certain unless the incident has been investigated.

Rozhik Law Firm PLLC’s birth injury lawyers have handled numerous cases for the families of birth injury victims in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, or Long Island, or in the Counties of Orange, Rockland, or Westchester.

Birth Injury Lawyers in New York City

We at Rozhik Law Firm PLLC know that money can’t compensate for the emotional and physical trauma when an infant sustains a birth injury. We do however strongly believe that negligent parties should be held accountable and that compensation is crucial for the child’s future security, as well as for financial and medical needs. Childbirth injuries often result in permanent damage that needs lifelong care. Newborns that are injured are not only subjected to suffering and pain unnecessarily, but the financial and emotional burden for the parents is also often overwhelming.

Our birth injury law firm’s skilled team of attorneys in Manhattan will help you lift those burdens by assisting you in obtaining sufficient compensation for various losses, including enjoyment of life, medical expenses, pain and suffering, enrollment in the Medical Indemnity Fund, and loss of future earning capacity. If your baby was injured during birth, you may be angry and frightened, and not know what to do next. Our birth injury lawyers will provide you with an outstanding level of personal service, compassion, and knowledge. To set up a consultation complete the contact form on our website or call us today.

FAQs

When Can I Sue for a Birth Injury?

In New York State, a birth injury claim’s statute of limitations, and the claim by the parents for loss of services, will differ based on where the baby was born, and births that happen at municipal or city facilities will have additional filing requirements and shorter time limitations. It is therefore important that you contact the experienced and skilled attorneys at Rozhik Law Firm PLLC as soon as you think that your may have suffered from an injury during birth.

What Can Be Recovered in a Birth Injury Claim?

If your baby has suffered from a birth injury, you can make a claim and be paid compensation for various damages, including non-economic and compensatory damages. The injury’s severity and the mental, physical, financial and emotional damages, such as pain and suffering, neurological disorders, medical expenses and impairment, make each birth injury claim unique. Plaintiffs therefore recover varying compensation depending on the unique conditions of the infant, and the basis for the claim.

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