Birth Injury Legal Resources

How do I know if negligence is a possible cause of my child's injuries?

Serious injury to a newborn baby as the result of medical negligence — by a doctor or nurse or other health care provider — can occur in the following circumstances:

Not recognizing or properly responding to fetal distress.
Allowing the pregnancy to go beyond 41 weeks without proper testing, or 42 weeks in any event.
Failing to act on changes in the mother's condition during pregnancy, especially gestational diabetes (diabetes that starts in pregnancy) or pregnancy-induced hypertension (also known as pre-eclampsia).
Causing or failing to respond to the umbilical cord being entrapped or compressed.
Misuse of a vacuum extractor or forceps.
Misuse of the labor-stimulating drug Pitocin (Oxytocin).
Delay in ordering or performing a C-section (Caesarean section).
Using the wrong maneuvers to deliver a baby whose shoulder has become stuck in the birth canal.
Poor resuscitation and newborn care after birth.
Failing to aggressively treat jaundice in a newborn.

This lists only the most common circumstances. Other potential situations exist in which sub-standard treatment may have caused serious injury to a child.

Legal Consultation

If a family member has suffered a serious, permanent injury related to childbirth, you may want to talk to a lawyer. We provide free consultations to help determine if you have a valid medical negligence case that should be pursued. If you have already consulted with another lawyer or are in the process of doing so, we can offer information about how to evaluate whether you have obtained the right lawyer for your case.

Click here to obtain our free report: "Eleven questions to ask before hiring a lawyer for your injury lawsuit."

We will need to obtain complete medical records to do a good analysis. Contact us with this form to provide basic information to get the process started:

Your full name:

Phone number:

E-mail address:

Address:

City:	State:	Zip code:

Type of injury suffered:

Name and address of physician(s) involved:

When was the injury first diagnosed?

Please describe your major concerns with the quality of the medical care:

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