NJ Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Attorney
Birth Injury Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is a nationwide concern. It can affect people of all ages, races and backgrounds. One of the greatest areas of concern has to do with childbirth and prenatal care.
Expectant parents often seek out the best possible pre-natal care in the hope that their newborn will be born healthy. Unfortunately, there are times when the care received does not always meet the minimum necessary standards.
Medical Malpractice is essentially a failure to administer the minimum effective and appropriate care under the circumstances, despite medical standards to the contrary. Examples of negligent medical care (or malpractice) which could result in birth injury may include but is not limited to the following instances:
- A physician or midwife fails to provide proper pre-natal care;
- A failure to diagnose a pre-birth injury or prenatal/genetic condition;
- Proper procedures are not performed or followed during labor and delivery, resulting in birth injury;
- A failure to perform a cesarean section delivery and/or other procedure necessary to protect the well-being the child and the delivering mother;
- Improper use of medications used to induce or augment labor;
- A failure to respond appropriately to umbilical cord entanglement or compression;
- A failure to properly manage a "Shoulder Dystocia" emergency;
- Improper use of forceps, vacuums, or other instruments to extract a child from the birth canal;
- A failure to timely and properly render neonatal care and treatment, especially where the baby needs prompt resuscitation and attention
If your newborn has suffered from a birth injury, and you believe that your healthcare providers did not administer proper prenatal or labor/delivery care, contact a knowledgeable medical malpractice attorney at Blume Goldfaden. Our skilled NJ medical malpractice lawyers specialize in cases involving birth injury. We will examine the circumstances of your pregnancy and your child’s birth to determine whether medical negligence was a factor resulting in your child’s birth injury. Call us today at 973-635-5400 for a no cost consultation.
Medical Malpractice Verdicts and Settlements
- $4,750,000 Confidential Settlement - Medical Malpractice - Labor & Delivery Negligence - Medication Error
- $1,930,000 Settlement - Medical Malpractice - Birth Injury - Cerebral Palsy
- $1,000,000 Settlement - Medical Malpractice - Wrongful Birth - Failure to Discern Medical History
- $500,000 Settlement - Medical Malpractice ~ Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Fetal Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) - Wrongful Death
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