Birth Injury
Phoenix Birth Injury Lawyer
Medical Malpractice Attorney
If your baby was injured at birth, that injury could mean a lifetime of special needs. According to the March of Dimes, 150,000 babies are born each year with birth injuries. Many are caused by genetic or environmental conditions. But when a birth injury is caused by a physician's mistake, talk to a Phoenix birth injury lawyer at Knapp & Roberts.
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When all signs point to a healthy baby, it can be especially devastating to learn that a doctor's misjudgment or negligence caused a birth injury with serious, life-long consequences including surgery, attendant care, and special medical needs.
Cerebral palsy, erb's palsy, brachial plexus, brain damage and other injuries often occur for two reasons.
- Failure to perform a C-section: When a fetus is in distress and all indications are that a natural birth would be dangerous, the doctor may only have minutes to decide on a necessary caesarean section. Failure to C-section can result in a lack of oxygen to the baby's brain or a delivery that injures the shoulder (brachial plexus) or causes cerebral palsy or erb's palsy.
- Failure to monitor the fetus: The doctor and other medical personnel should keep a close eye on the fetus's health and position throughout the birth process. Failure to carefully monitor can result in failing to take necessary steps to protect the baby.
What are the standards of care? Did medical negligence cause your child's birth defect? Our birth injury law firm has a network of national experts to help us review your case and determine if you have a case of medical negligence. Our trial lawyers have the ability and patience to explain to a jury what happened to your child.
For more general information, see our Birth Injuries Information Center.
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