Practice Areas - Birth Injuries

Birth Injury Attorney
Serving Injured Children and their Families since 1973

Most births, deliveries and prenatal care are handled appropriately. Unfortunately, medical negligence can occur and the results are frequently devastating. Your doctors, midwife or obstetrical nurses may have failed to diagnose or properly treat a condition that arose during pregnancy. A protracted labor and delivery process, the signs and symptoms of fetal distress and a resultant birth injury indicates a possibility of medical malpractice. If cesarean section delivery was delayed, the lack of oxygen reaching your child may have caused your child’s injury or death. Deprivation of oxygen at any time during the labor and/or delivery process can result in permanent serious injury. If negligence during childbirth resulted in your child having Erb’s palsy, cerebral palsy or seizures, you may have grounds to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit.

Birth injury cases in the Maryland and Washington, DC area are often complex and require an experienced attorney to understand and present the facts of the birth trauma in order to make the necessary links between the negligent act and actual birth injury. Only an experienced Medical malpractice attorney will move your claim towards a successful resolution as quickly and efficiently as possible. We have been handling District of Columbia and Maryland birth injury cases since 1973.

The emotional and financial cost to a victim of medical malpractice during childbirth can be catastrophic. There are complicated and stringent statutes of limitations for medical malpractice cases that limit the amount of time the family of an injured child has to file a lawsuit. If you suspect you might have a malpractice claim based on a birth injury, contact us immediately to schedule a free consultation.