• Cerebral Palsy
• Erb's Palsy / Shoulder Dystocia
• Skull Fracture / Facial Lacerations
• High bilirubin amounts leading to kernicterus
• Developmental Delay
• Failure to Thrive
• Post dates (Baby being delivered later than the due date)
• Quadriplegia
• Macrosomia (Large Baby)
• Paralysis
• Spasticity
• Hypotonia
• Hermorrhage
• Eitnam Prenatal unity / Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Intraventricular Hemorrhages (IVH)
• Periventricular Leukonpelegia (PVL)
• Seizures
• Meconium Aspiration / Lung Diseases

The emotional and financial costs of caring for a child who has been injured at birth can be monumental. If the injury is as a result of medical malpractice, the law provides the parents, as well as the injured child, a right to recover money damages.

Birth injuries are usually the result of trauma suffered by an infant during labor and delivery, and range from bruising to serious conditions such as severe brain injury. Common, but serious, injuries can include Erb's palsy and Cerebral Palsy; collectively, these problems are referred to as birth trauma or birth injuries.

Birth injuries are generally caused by operative deliveries, whether vaginal or abdominal, and are affected by circumstances such as:

• Oxygen deprivation, which can occur when the umbilical cord is compressed or twisted in the birth processor Meconium Aspiration when the unborn fetus chokes on their meconium (fecal material comprising the newborn's first feces, which can be released either just prior to or just after birth)
  
  
• Hypoxia caused by depleted fetal reserve, prolonged labor, or uteroplacental insufficiency
• Mechanical trauma when an unusual position is adopted by the baby at the time of delivery or when the baby is too large to readily pass through the birth canal, as frequently occurs with diabetic or smaller mothers
  
  
• Mistakes made by any of the numerous participants on the delivery team. These mistakes can occur prior to deliver, at the time of delivery or immediately after delivery. They include events the use of excessive force or improper rotational force in the delivery process, delaying the performance of a cesarean section (C-section) delivery during fetal distress, failure of a nurse, resident, or midwife to seek the assistance of an obstetrician. After birth mistakes can include improper intubation (insertion of a tube) of a newborn requiring oxygen, which results in hypoxia (insufficient amounts of oxygen reaching body tissue) or failure to monitor billrubin level, which can lead to a condition called Kernictenus which causes brain damage.
  
  
• Improper or incomplete pre-natal testing/monitoring that can result in a medical team that is unprepared for a difficult delivery, i.e., a failure to anticipate a complicated delivery. These include conditions such as a high birth weight baby (over 8 pounds), peculiarities relating to the size and shape of the mother's pelvis, and an improperly positioned fetus, i.e., breech presentation, all of which can be detected through the use of a sonogram.

If you believe that your child may have been the victim of medical negligence, then call us for a free consultation. Our experienced attorneys will assist you in deciding whether you have a case which may lead to a monetary recovery on behalf of your child. To see some examples of the cases we have handled result see recent successes. No charge if we do not accept your case. Most cases that are accepted are handled on a contingency fee basis plus expenses.