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What would a birth injury attorney make me understand.

Basically this type of suit is the most complex medical suit. Too often it involves tragedy. They are especially tragic when a child is born and survives with serious injury. This includes brain injury or dystocia. This has profound effects on the entire family. Bringing suit requires multiple experts who ask for significant money for their service. A birth injury suit requires a very experienced birth injury attorney.

The types of birth injury suits?

One: Children that survive, with brain injury. Anoxic brain injury, (When oxygen levels are low for 4 minutes or longer, brain cells begin to die. After 5 minutes permanent brain injury can occur.) The result is Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: Damage to cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) from inadequate oxygen. The claim: (usually) that the physician or medical staff failed to properly monitor the birth process via the fetal monitoring strips and order a caesarean section in a timely fashion.

Two: During a vaginal delivery the physician and staff failed to properly help the baby down the canal such that the baby is born with dystocia (Difficult or abnormal labor or delivery). Dystocia can affect palsy and a host of other things.

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Who can make a birth injury claim?

A birth injury claim would on behalf of the child if alive. One or both of the parents would be the guardian.

 

Are there limits on claims?

Each state has different limits. Some states like California, Nevada have caps. Some other states have no caps. A birth injury attorney can tell you the limits you face in your state.

What is unique about a birth injury case?


First you need many experts. Cases are highly complex and thus very expensive. It would not be unusual for costs to exceed $100,000 if you're going to go to trial.

Who pays the upfront costs in these types of cases?

Some birth injury attorneys ask you to pay for an initial expert review (maybe $1000 or so). Many birth injury attorneys cover the costs on a contingency basis and recover their costs from the settlement.

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Differences between a birth injury and a wrongful death case involving a newborn?

Birth injury: something happened during birthing resulted in a damaged child with neurological or profound disabilities or a child that is born viable and then dies. If the child dies it is a wrongful death case. If the child lives it is a birth injury negligence case.

Any statute of limitations for filing a birth injury claim?

Adult (parent or guardian) : In California, it's one year from the date you knew, or should have known, of injury or damage. Your birth injury attoney can answer this question for your state.
Child: Generally upwards of eight years. Laws are complex. If you think there is a birth injury quickly obtain the records and see an attorney. Otherwise risk statute of limitations barring your claim.

What medical records do you need?

You get the prenatal chart. This is the mothers chart the doctor keeps in their office. Then there are 2 other charts to get from the hospital. One: a chart under the mother's name. Two: a chart under the baby's name. This includes pediatric records and neonatology records. Make sure you obtain the fetal monitoring strips.
 
Is it difficult for me to obtain the records from hospitals?

That depends on the hospital. Some are easy while others block you. Remember the records are that of the patients and they have the right to them. Other than copying charges do not take no for an answer. If the hospital blocks your request go see a birth injury attorney.

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Canadian birth injury attorneys in:

BC, British Columbia
AB, Alberta
SK, Saskatchewan
MB, is Manitoba
ON, Ontario
QC, Quebec
NB, New Brunswick
NS, Nova Scotia
PE, Prince Edward Island
NL, Newfoundland and Labrador
YT, Yukon
NT, Northwest Territories
NU, Nunavut
 

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Alabama, AL
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