Delayed Birth is one of the most common causes of birth injury. This happens when labor lasts for more than 18 hours. During delayed birth, pressure is exerted on the infant’s head, which may cause some serious injuries.
Birth injury lawyers help in taking legal action for people affected by preventable conditions. Families that have witnessed a birth injury of their child can file a lawsuit and take the help of a birth trauma lawyer to get compensated in order to cover their child’s treatment costs.
You can consult a lawyer in your contact or consult Law Office of Brian P. Azemika to file the lawsuit.
What is a birth injury claim?
Birth injury lawsuit settlements are payouts meant to cover medical expenses of the treatment and cover other costs related to caring for the child’s disability that was caused during the birth.
These settlements aim to ease the financial burden on parents and ensure that the child is provided with the required long-term care and is treated adequately for the injury.
Which cases do birth injury lawyers handle?
The most frequent cases that birth injury lawyers handle are:
1. Brain Injury:
The brain is one of the most delicate organs during childbirth. This usually happens when childbirth is delayed, and pressure is exerted on the head. This leads to brain injury.
Birth injuries resulting in brain damage can be the most devastating of any injury. A variety of brain injuries may occur during the birth. They include hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, brain bleeds, periventricular leukomalacia, kernicterus, cerebral palsy, caput succedaneum, hydrocephalus, etc.
The majority of these are caused by a lack of oxygen. Your birth injury lawyers will investigate the condition and analyze various actions that can be taken to file a lawsuit.
2. Erb’s Palsy and Brachial Plexus
The brachial plexus is a series of nerves near the neck that provide movement and feeling to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Here, Erb’s Palsy describes the weakness and loss of motion in these parts of the neck.
These can be the result of different deliveries like that of a large baby, a baby that was delivered in the breech position. Prolonged and delayed labor can also be a major reason for this type of injury.
Other types of cases that birth injury lawyers handle are:
- Cerebral palsy.
- Infant hematoma.
- Intrauterine fetal demise.
- Kernicterus.
- Severe jaundice.
- Spinal cord injuries.
- And others.
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