Helping Families and Their Injured Babies
Despite months of prenatal care, testing and fetal monitoring during birth, babies and their mothers are injured in ways that could have been prevented if medical professionals had acted quickly and appropriately to prevent prenatal, birth and post-birth problems.
Birth Injury ∙ Erb's Palsy, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy
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If a mother or baby suffered needless injury because of medical errors, talk to medical malpractice lawyers who know how to investigate birth injuries and hold doctors and hospitals accountable for their mistakes. Call the Greenberg & Greenberg law firm in New York City for a free consultation.
An infant died of cancer that went undetected despite early sonograms that showed potential medical problems. The cancer could not have been prevented, but the child's short life could have been prolonged and more enjoyable were it not for the malpractice. Settlement: $425,000.
- Failure to monitor: Even when a fetal monitor is in the labor and delivery room, if a doctor or nurse fails to notice the monitor or fails to act on the information, serious injury can occur. Doctors need to act immediately and appropriately when a fetus is in distress during the birth process. Emergency and crash C-sections must sometimes be employed. If you heard those terms around the time of your child's birth and the child now has problems, contact our firm for an investigation into the circumstances.
- Brain injuries: Lack of oxygen during the birth process can cause serious, life-changing brain injury. Brain injuries can also occur because of rough handling of the fetus during a difficult delivery.
- Fetal distress: A fetus can be in distress for many reasons, including positioning in the birth canal, an umbilical cord twisted around the baby's neck and other problems. The doctor needs to make a crucial decision under serious pressure as to whether to do a C-section. Those decisions are not always made properly.
- Birth injuries: Birth injuries include a wide range of infections, orthopedic injuries and brain injuries. If your baby has Erb's palsy (from shoulder dystocia), cerebral palsy, brain injury dues to hypoxia or ataxia, or any other condition caused by medical malpractice or medical negligence, our lawyers work with medical experts to uncover the truth about what happened.
If you want an attorney who considers the needs and concerns of your family and who understands the complexities of birth injuries, contact us for an appointment at the Greenberg & Greenberg law firm. We can help you.
