Birth Injury Lawyer Serving Rockland County, Brooklyn, and Queens
When medical professionals fail to provide the level of care that is expected of them and their negligence results in a birth injury, they can be held accountable for their actions. Each birth injury lawyer at our practice has years of experience in representing victims from Rockland County, Brooklyn, and Queens. A brain injury attorney at Neimark and Neimark, LLP can help secure the financial restitution that you and your family deserve when a medical error affects the health and well-being of your child.Causes of Birth Injury
Birth injuries result from complications that occur during labor and delivery. Sometimes these complications could not have been avoided. In other cases, however, medical professionals acted in a way that caused the complications to arise. Negligence on the part of the doctors or nurses can result in a breech delivery, fetal distress or seizures, and other complications that increase the likelihood of birth injury.
Types of Birth Injury
Complications during labor and delivery can cause cerebral palsy and brachial plexus palsy, two common types of birth injuries. If the infant suffers brain damage either before or shortly after birth, cerebral palsy can result. Permanent symptoms of this condition include lack of muscle control.
Brachial plexus palsy, also known as Erb's palsy, is a condition that can affect mobility in the shoulder and arm. This type of birth injury can occur if the infant's shoulder becomes caught behind the mother's pelvic bone during birth. If medical professionals fail to disengage the shoulder properly and cause it to stretch too much, the infant can suffer damage to the network of nerves that connect the spinal cord to the shoulders and arms.
Consult a Birth Injury Attorney at Our Firm Serving Rockland County, Queens, and Brooklyn
If your child has suffered a birth injury due to the negligence of a medical professional, we will work tirelessly to pursue justice on your behalf. Although no amount of compensation can replace the health or well-being of your child, we will strive to ensure that you receive a maximum possible settlement to help cover medical expenses, pain and suffering, and other expenses. Contact a birth injury lawyer/attorney at our firm serving Rockland County, Queens, and Brooklyn.