Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyers
The excitement of having a newborn added to your family is exhilarating. The stress of worrying if your baby will be healthy and even more if the doctor and delivery staff will perform their duty correctly can be exhausting. Unfortunately, medical errors cause birth injuries to otherwise perfectly healthy babies.
- Has your baby been mishandled by the hospital, doctor, nurse or other staff member?
- Did this mistreatment lead to an injury to your baby?
- Did the obstetrician not take appropriate action to prevent a brachial plexus injury?
It is common for the mother and family to not take immediate legal action when such tragedy strikes. We at Lowenthal & Abrams understand the pain and fear of re-living such a tragic event. We want to see justice done so that no other family will have to go through such unthinkable events. If your baby was injured as the result of a medical error, you are entitled to compensation for your child’s birth injury or death.
Common medical errors in birth deliveries include:
- Doctor negligence to a higher risk pregnancy
- Doctor did not plan for a C-section
- Medication prescribed put the baby at risk
- Inadequate monitoring of the baby’s condition
- Forceps or vacuum used incorrectly
Child birth trauma is a serious issue! Let our Philadelphia birth injury lawyers assist your legal needs to help you receive compensation for your child and family. We at the Law Firm of Lowenthal & Abrams have over 30 years of experience in medical malpractice cases. One of our lawyers, Esther M. Gallagher, M.D., is also a doctor with 20 years of experience in medicine and an additional 10 years of legal practice to benefit you! Having a doctor on the side of the plaintiff to understand and interpret medical records is crucial to help win the legal case.
Our legal team can assist you in determining whether your doctor was at fault. It is very important to obtain all medical records of the gestation period as well as the birth. These records will help our staff determine whom is at fault and if a trial or settlement will be deemed. In most cases the staff is at fault because they neglect to perform protocol in a dire situation. If protocol is not followed the baby’s life as well as the mother’s can be in jeopardy. Each physician is trained to follow a standard of care to prevent complications during the pregnancy such as birth trauma. This oath to a patient’s standard of care is broken, when a physician neglects to inform a patient of possible complications or proceeds with a misdiagnosis. This is when you need our Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyers to handle your medical malpractice case.
Medical errors can occur at anytime surrounding a delivery. An infant’s brain tissue is very delicate and can easily be damaged if not handled with the utmost care. If complications take place and your doctor neglects to follow protocol, lifelong injuries including Cerebral Palsy, Erbs Palsy, Brachial Plexus, Erb-Duchenne and Dejerine-Klumpke Palsy may occur. These are just a few of the many child birth traumas that can transpire due to the negligence of doctors, nurses, and/or medical staff. To find out if your baby’s injury is due to the hospital and/or the doctor’s neglect, contact our law firm for a consultation to review your medical malpractice case.
Please contact our Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyer today! Let us help you. Our senior trial attorney, Dennis M. Abrams, has nearly 30 years’ experience in major litigation, with a special focus on birth injury and child birth trauma claims.
For more information about Birth Injury and Medical Malpractice claims: Read – Dr. Gallagher’s article: What Is and Is Not Medical Malpractice.