Okeechobee Birth Injury Attorney

The birth of a baby should be a wonderful time for a family. Unfortunately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that complications during birth are many and growing. The rate of serious complications has risen 75 percent over the course of the past decade. In 2008 and 2009, the rate of complications has risen as high as 129 injuries for every 10,000 births. A birth injury can change the life of a child and family forever. When that birth injury is caused by something a doctor or healthcare provider did, the care provider must be held accountable and the injured victims should take prompt legal action to protect their rights. At Steinger, Greene & Feiner, our Okeechobee birth injury attorneys are here and ready to help families coping with birth injuries.

Birth Injuries Can Occur Due to Medical Mistake

While some injuries are simply the result of bad luck or fate, many birth injuries happen as a direct result of doctors or other healthcare providers failing to live up to their obligations to their patients. For example, some of the most common reasons for a birth injury include:

• Aggressive use of forceps or a vacuum extractor when removing the child from the birth canal
• Failure to diagnose or treat complications during pregnancy such as infection, gestational diabetes or preeclampsia
• Medication or drug mistakes including the excessive use of Pitocin when inducing labor
• Failing to monitor and respond correctly to signs of maternal or fetal distress such as placental abruption or a dramatic drop in fetal heart rate
• Letting labor go on for too long of a period of time
• Leaving jaundice untreated

In these and many other situations, the doctor or care provider may be considered to have committed medical negligence or medical malpractice. The test of whether a doctor acted appropriately or was negligent centers on what a reasonable physician or care provider with a similar background would have done in the same situation. If the doctor’s care was considered unreasonable or substandard, then the doctor can and should be held liable for malpractice with the help of an Okeechobee birth injury attorney.

RELENTLESS LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR Okeechobee INJURY VICTIMS

A personal injury can occur in a variety of ways, but almost all have the same results in common. Suddenly, your life is disrupted and possibly jeopardized physically, emotionally, and financially by an accident or incident which could have been prevented.

Birth Injuries Can Cause Permanent Harm

Recently, a Johns Hopkins survey revealed that many of the medical malpractice payouts in excess of $1 million occur in cases where injuries happen to a child under one year old. Payouts in these types of cases can be high because many injuries that occur during labor and delivery have a permanent impact on a child’s life. For example, some of the most common types of birth injuries include:

• Cerebral palsy
• Brain damage
• Brachial plexus injuries/ Erb’s palsy
• Shoulder dystocia
• Meconium aspiration
• Untreated jaundice
• Broken bones or depressed skull fractures

The outcomes will vary for kids with these and other birth injuries, but conditions like cerebral palsy are not treatable and will permanently impact the child’s cognitive function and muscle control.

Contact an Okeechobee Birth Injury Lawyer

Victims of birth injuries should have all of their medical costs covered for life, including the costs of adaptive devices that help them to cope with their disabilities. Doctors and care providers should be responsible not just for covering these medical costs but also for providing compensation for lost income, pain and suffering, emotional distress or wrongful death. At Steinger, Greene & Feiner, our Okeechobee birth injury lawyers have helped injured victims and their families to recover full compensation through in-court trials or out of court settlements. We are here and ready to put our experience with labor and delivery injuries to work for you. Contact our Okeechobee birth injury attorneys today and schedule your free consultation.

PROVEN PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS

A fair settlement is not what you can expect to receive from the insurance company. Their goal is to reduce payouts on claims so they can remain highly profitable. Our proven and committed legal team understands the tactics these companies regularly use to pay claimants as little as possible. We routinely battle their schemes in and out of court, and have developed effective methods for doing so.

With a legal team of more than 30 lawyers and more than 140 staff, including investigators and other assistants, we have the resources needed to get the job done efficiently. You can bring your personal injury case to us with confidence, knowing you will pay nothing until we recover the compensation you deserve. Throughout the entire case, we will be by your side, providing the guidance you need.