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When doctors and hospitals fail to protect babies during labor and delivery, families pay the price for a lifetime. We hold them accountable.
A birth injury is harm to a baby that occurs during labor, delivery, or the immediate postnatal period due to medical negligence. Unlike birth defects (which develop during pregnancy), birth injuries are caused by actions or omissions of medical providers during the birthing process.
Many birth injuries are preventable. When doctors fail to recognize warning signs, delay necessary interventions, or use improper techniques, babies can suffer permanent, life-altering harm.
Birth injuries can result in lifelong disabilities requiring constant care. Children with cerebral palsy, for example, may need nursing care, physical therapy, special education, and adaptive equipment for their entire lives—costs that can exceed $1 million.
Birth injuries range from minor bruising to devastating brain damage:
Brain damage from oxygen deprivation causing motor control problems, muscle spasticity, and developmental delays.
Brain injury from lack of oxygen and blood flow. Can cause seizures, cognitive impairment, and death.
Nerve damage causing arm weakness or paralysis, typically from shoulder dystocia mismanagement.
Head trauma from improper use of forceps or vacuum extractors, causing bleeding in the brain.
Pressure during delivery causing facial paralysis, often from forceps use.
Rare but devastating injuries from excessive pulling or twisting during delivery.
Not properly monitoring fetal heart rate; ignoring signs of distress (decelerations, bradycardia).
Waiting too long to perform emergency cesarean when vaginal delivery is failing or baby is in distress.
Excessive force with forceps or vacuum extractors causing skull fractures, brain bleeds, or nerve damage.
Pulling too hard on baby's head when shoulder is stuck, causing brachial plexus injuries.
Pitocin overdose causing hyperstimulation; failure to reverse problematic medications.
Failure to recognize umbilical cord prolapse or nuchal cord; delayed intervention.
The key evidence in birth injury cases is the fetal monitoring strip—a continuous recording of the baby's heart rate during labor. This strip tells us:
We work with OB/GYN experts, neonatologists, and pediatric neurologists to analyze the medical records and establish what should have been done—and when.
Birth injury cases often involve the largest damages of any medical malpractice claim because they affect the child's entire life:
We work with life care planners to calculate the child's future needs over their expected lifespan. These experts document every anticipated cost: medical care, therapy, equipment, housing, and personal assistance. This ensures any settlement or verdict provides for the child's lifetime needs.
Birth injuries change families forever. We fight to hold hospitals accountable and secure the resources your child needs for a lifetime of care.
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