Michigan Birth Injury Attorney
Has Your Child Suffered a Birth Injury?
No law firm in Michigan is more experienced in handling birth injury cases than Sommers Schwartz. In fact, two of our leading attorneys wrote a book about birth injuries, titled "Handling Birth Trauma Cases." The book is a definitive resource regarding the medical and legal issues involved with handling complex birth injury cases.
Giving birth is one of the most precious and exciting experiences in life. When a baby is injured because of the negligence of a doctor or nurse, the consequences are usually devastating. Birth injuries often result in cerebral palsy and mental impairments, conditions that place tremendous financial and emotional burdens on the entire family. If you suspect that your child's birth injury was caused by negligence during the pregnancy, during the labor, or during delivery, you should contact a Michigan medical malpractice attorney to discuss the details of your case. Our birth injury team of attorneys, nurses, obstetricians, and paralegals will explore in great detail the treatment provided to you and your child during your pregnancy and delivery.
There are a number of medical errors which can lead to birth injuries, including:
- Failure to diagnose and treat preeclampsia
- Inadequate pre-natal care
- Failure to diagnose and treat pregnancy induced diabetes
- Failure to conduct adequate fetal well being assessments
- Failure to continuous monitor vital signs during labor
- Failure to diagnose fetal distress during labor
- Failure to timely perform a cesarean section
- Failure to treat umbilical cord compression during delivery
- Failure to adequately resuscitate a depressed baby
- Shoulder dystocia causing Erb's Palsy
- Improper use of forceps
- Improper use of vacuum extractor
Pursuing Compensation for a Birth Injury
Any child born with a birth injury faces a lifetime of challenges, requiring extensive and costly medical care and support services. With our dedicated, compassionate and aggressive legal team, we will pursue your legal rights to compensation, including recovery of past and future medical bills and compensation for permanent disability, pain and suffering and any other related expenses. Our lawyers have obtained many landmark verdicts and settlements in complex birth trauma cases.
Contact a Michigan Birth Injury Lawyer
at our firm if you have an injured newborn and suspect medical negligence may have occurred.
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