New Jersey Birth Injury Attorneys
Having a baby comes with many responsibilities even before the actual birth takes place. These responsibilities also extend to doctors, nurses, and other practitioners involved with the prenatal process as well as the birth itself. The mother’s health is an important factor that directly affects the health of the fetus and the conditions surrounding the baby’s birth. As this can be quite an exciting time for the parents-to-be, a birth can be devastated by a variety of birth injuries either due to medical negligence, oversight, malpractice, or other factors. Families that are affected by birth injuries encounter many emotional obstacles regarding the health and well-being of an infant or the mother, not to mention an onset of financial costs associated with the birth injury. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were a total of 4,317,119 births in the United States in 2007. The birth process is an extremely complex maneuver that demands meticulous and accurate attention to be given to each step. CDC records indicate that the infant mortality rate in 2005 was 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which did not demonstrate a significant change from 8.89 in 2000.
Some common birth injuries and genetic disorders include, but are not limited to:
- Bell’s Palsy
- Facial Paralysis
- Forcep Bruising and Injury
- Klumpke’s Palsy
- Umbilical Cord Entrapment
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Brain Damage
- Cephalohematoma
- Shoulder Dystocia and Spina Bifida
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Hyperbiliruibinemia, leading to Kernicterus and Jaundice
These birth injuries are just the beginning of many other calamities that can greatly affect an infant as they grow older with illnesses or conditions that developed as a result of a doctor’s negligence during the birth process. Some injuries are chronic or permanent and require a child’s family to fund countless doctor visits, costly medications, physical therapy, or multiple surgeries up into the victim’s adult years or for his or her entire life. Birth injuries in New Jersey can also have catastrophic affects on the mother, which can impose additional financial strains. Doctors and medical professionals alike are obligated under the law to exercise the utmost care in diagnosing patients, performing accurate and appropriate procedures, giving patients proper medication, and numerous other intricate duties associated with birth and other medical needs. When these expectations and responsibilities are neglected or conducted within reckless means, thus resulting in serious birth injuries, injured victims may qualify to receive compensation from those accountable.
At Blume Goldfaden, our New Jersey birth injury attorneys have the experience and knowledge to handle personal injury and wrongful death cases relating to Erb’s Palsy, Jaundice, Cerebral Palsy, brain damage, spina bifida, inadequate prenatal screening, Thalassemia, Down Syndrome, Sickle Cell Anemia, Tay-Sachs Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, labor and delivery malpractice, and much more. You can rely on Blume Goldfaden to defend your rights so that negligent parties can be held accountable for the birth injuries that have afflicted you and your family. Contact our firm today for a free consultation of your birth injury case by calling 973-635-5400.