Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Birth Injury Medical Malpractice

The attorneys at Cherry Fieger and Marciano, LLP of Pennsylvania understand that the last thing parents want to think about while dealing with the aftermath of a birth gone wrong is medical malpractice. Birth injuries can be devastating, leaving parents to face a lifetime of treatments, interventions and support costs for injured children. Such bills accumulate and may quickly become too much for a family to handle.

The worst part is most birth injuries are preventable if the medical personnel providing care during the labor and delivery processes perform their jobs properly.

Birth injuries are not always obvious right after delivery. It may take some time to discover cognitive, developmental or physical deficits in a newborn. Even once identified, it can be difficult to trace them to an act of medical malpractice that occurred before, during or after birth. Here are some conditions that could result:

• Brachial Plexus injury (Erb’s Palsy)
• Cephalohematoma
• Cerebral Palsy
• Down Syndrome
• Spina Bifida
• Umbilical cord entrapment
• Stillbirth

These and other conditions are avoidable if a mother receives proper prenatal screening for possible age-related or genetic disorders and if her pregnancy is monitored regularly for any signs of complications such as hypertension, high blood pressure or gestational diabetes. Cherry Fieger and Marciano, LLP has discovered that birth injuries afflict six to eight out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S. every year. Many of these injuries could have been avoided if only the proper medical intervention was provided in a timely fashion.

In Pennsylvania, doctors who fail in their duty to mothers and babies may be held liable for their actions via a birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit. Any parents in the Philadelphia area who suspect that medical malpractice caused or failed to prevent birth injury or death should contact a law office with a proven track record in pursuing these complex cases. They need an attorney who knows how to collect and examine medical records, gather evidence and put together a successful strategy for pursuing their lawsuits. They also deserve to work with a law firm that will offer caring, quality service while in vigorous pursuit of the maximum compensation to cover the costs of their children’s ongoing care.

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