Birth Injury

     Even though most pregnancies result in the delivery of a healthy baby sometimes things can and do
    go wrong. A protracted labor and delivery process, signs and symptoms of fetal distress, and a  
    resultant birth injury indicate a possibility of medical malpractice. A delayed cesarean section  may
    have prevented  necessary oxygen from reaching your child resulting in irreversible brain injury,    
    cerebral palsy, and other injuries or death.

    If negligence during childbirth resulted in your child having cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, seizures or brain
    damage, you may have grounds to bring a medical malpractice suit.

    The emotional and financial costs of such an injury can be  catastrophic. There are complicated and
    stringent statutes of  limitations for medical malpractice cases that limit the amount of time the family
    of an injured child has to file a lawsuit. Birth injury cases in the Maryland and Washington, DC area are
    often complex and require an experienced attorney to understand and present the facts of the birth
    trauma in order to  make the necessary links between the negligent act and actual birth  injury. Only
    an experienced medical malpractice attorney will  move your claim towards a successful resolution as
    quickly and  efficiently as possible.

     If you suspect you might have a malpractice claim based on a birth  injury, contact us immediately for
    a free consultation.

Do I Have a Case? 

     Birth Injuries are a form of medical malpractice. Generally  speaking, in order for someone to have 
    a viable medical malpractice  claim, a doctor or other healthcare provider (physicians, nurses,
    hospitals, psychologists, x-ray technicians and a variety of other medical professionals) must have
    committed a negligent act that deviated from the accepted standard of medical care, and that
    negligent act must have caused significant injury. For example, if your doctor misread your test
    result, that act must have been something no other reasonably prudent doctor would have done
    under the same circumstances.

    A medical malpractice lawsuit can be based on many different  negligent acts,
    including, but not limited to: 

• Birth Injury
• Nursing Home Negligence & Abuse
• Failing to diagnose a disease
• Delaying diagnosis of a disease
• Making surgical errors
• Failing to properly treat a medical condition
• Over-medication
• Making errors during the prenatal and or birth process
• Negligent Hospital Care

    We know your rights, and we will fight for them.