Phoenix Brain Injury Attorney
If your baby is severely injured at birth resulting in a brain injury you may be able to be compensated for the lifetime of financial support that may be needed to care for your baby. Unfortunately some doctors are negligent and irresponsible when it comes to protecting the health, welfare and safety of our children. It only takes one small mistake to change the life of a family forever.
Birth Injuries Lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona
Many newborn babies receive moderate to severe brain damage when air is not reached to the lungs or serious trauma to the head occurs. Many brain injuries could be avoided had a doctor or other medical staff exercised the proper care and safety during pregnancy and/or labor and delivery. Often times a misdiagnosis may take place that can lead to an emergency during delivery that can severely affects a mother’s ability to deliver a healthy child.
A brain injury can occur during birth due to various negligent actions or wrongdoing on part of a doctor, nurse or other medical professionals including the following:
- Misdiagnosis of mother or baby during pregnancy or labor and delivery
- Failure to diagnose a large baby
- Failure to diagnose gestational diabetes
- Failure to diagnose pregnancy induced hypertension
- Delayed diagnose in mother or baby
- Improper care of mother or baby during pregnancy or labor & delivery
- Failure to treat mother or baby properly or at all
- Improper administration or dosage of labor inducing drugs
- Improper use of forceps
- Improper vacuum extraction
- Cesarean section (C-section) delays
- Electronic fetal monitoring
- Placenta abnormalities, including placenta abruption
- Premature rupture of membrane (PROM)
- Failure to screen or treat infection in the mother or child
Phoenix Medical Malpractice Attorney
A brain injury can affect the movement, speech and behavior of a child. In many instances a child can be confined to a bed or a wheel chair for the rest of his or her life. Paralysis, cerebral palsy and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) are all caused by brain injuries and can severely hinder the ability of a child to lead a normal life.
If your baby or child is the victim of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during birth, please contact a Phoenix brain injury lawyer at our firm immediately. We can help determine if you may be able to file a medical malpractice claim for the birth injury that your child sustained that resulted in a brain injury. Goldwater Law Firm, PC proudly serves the cities of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Glendale, Gilbert and Chandler, Arizona. We offer our legal services for free unless we are able to obtain a recovery on our client’s behalf’s. Please contact us today to schedule a free consultation of your birth injury claim.
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