Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Lawyer:
Birth Injury Claims
When an infant suffers a birth injury, the entire family is devastated. Rather than enjoying the normal stages of the baby's early life, parents are often consumed with providing their newborn twenty-four a day care. If your child has suffered such an injury, it is important that you recover the compensation necessary to pay for medical bills and to provide life long care. Should you have questions concerning the cause of your child's medical condition, we will provide those answers that every family deserves. You should be aware that your child ordinarily has until their twentieth birthday in which to file a claim for injuries suffered at birth.
Was my child's birth injury the result of medical malpractice?
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Contact The McClelland Law Group in Pittsburgh to arrange a free consultation with a lawyer who has had over twenty-five years of experience representing victims of birth injuries. During delivery some babies do not tolerate the labor process well and they suffer what is known as fetal distress. If not delivered promptly some babies suffer oxygen deprivation to the brain resulting in cerebral palsy. During delivery the baby's shoulders sometimes become trapped and if they are not managed properly, the baby suffers a stretch or tearing injury to the brachial plexus resulting in the permanent limitation of the use of the arm. Our lawyers will help you find out whether your child's birth injury could have been avoided. If so, we will work to recover the compensation you need to care for your child and your family.
Our lawyers at The McClelland Law Group have successfully handled a wide variety birth injury claims including:
- Failure to deliver by caesarean section when the fetal monitoring strips showed fetal distress resulting in cerebral palsy.
- Failure to perform a sepsis workup when the baby demonstrated signs of infection resulting in a spinal infection and permanent brain damage.
- Failure to diagnose an intracerebral bleed resulting in brain injury.
- Permitting mother to get out of bed resulting in a prolapsed cord and permanent brain injury.
- Failure to recognize placental abruption and promptly deliver resulting in death.
- Shoulder dystocia not properly handled resulting in erb's palsy and permanent loss of use of the arm and hand.
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Factors in birth injury claims:
- Failure to diagnose placental abruption leading to cerebral hypoxia and cerebral palsy
- Failure to halt pre-term labor
- Shoulder dystocia leading to Erb's palsy that could have been avoided through the use of the McRoberts maneuver and an episiotomy
- Vacuum extraction or forceps injury
- Obstetric malpractice in failure to diagnose and treat preeclampsia, macrosomia, placental abruption or a prolapsed umbilical cord
- A pediatrician's failure to diagnose post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus or intraventricular hemorrhage
- Failure to read an ultrasound and diagnose a baby too large to deliver naturally
- Failure to read the fetal monitor and identify fetal distress
- Failure to diagnose and treat respiratory distress (RDS)
- Failure to diagnose a macrosomic newborn and perform a Caesarian section (C-section)
If you would like to speak with a member of our personal injury firm about a birth injury case, we invite you to contact our Pittsburgh office to arrange a free consultation and case evaluation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer. We charge no attorneys fees unless we are successful in recovering compensation on your behalf. Should you be unable to travel one of our lawyers will be happy to visit you in your home or hospital room.
