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Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has an abnormality in their birth caused by negligence and carelessness, you are entitled to damages. These damages can include medical expenses or lost wages, as well as punitive damage in some cases.

A Pompano Beach injury attorney can help you recover compensation to cover your child's injuries as well as future medical expenses. Common causes of birth defects are medical malpractice, defective drugs and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who care for your children can have a major impact on the future of your family. If they make a mistake which causes birth defects or injuries, your child could face years of financial hardship as well as emotional and physical struggles throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can assist you file a claim for compensation against the party who are responsible for your child's medical problems. It could be a doctor, a hospital or even something that occurred prior to your child's birth. A Queens birth defect attorney can analyze your case, provide important information, and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor could make a mistake that can lead to birth defects, for example in the event that they prescribed a medication that could have increased the risk of the condition in your baby or in the event that they failed to perform certain tests and screenings in pregnancy. These are all examples of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a lawsuit. If you believe that a mistake in your medical treatment caused birth defects in your child, you are entitled to compensation for past and future health care expenses. A successful lawsuit could compensate you for the loss of income, emotional stress or other losses that you've experienced.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects result from prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications and chemical exposure at the home or workplace and other environmental dangers. Unfortunately, these medical issues can be very costly. Parents often ask how their child's illness came about and where to turn as bills pile up for costly treatments and procedures.

Drug manufacturers must test their products rigorously before they are sold, and are expected to anticipate any potential adverse reactions. If they fail to follow this procedure, they could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by affected consumers. An expert birth defect lawyer can help determine if the defective medication is the cause of your child's health complications.

If you suspect that an abnormality in the birth of your child is the result of drugs, note your symptoms and save the package and receipts. You should also note the date you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is crucial in determining the time limit to file a claim.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to file a lawsuit. A skilled attorney for birth defects can assist you in building a strong case and make sure that your child's rights are protected. They can also assist you to get the financial support needed to pay for treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious problems that change the structure of one or more parts of the body of a newborn. Environmental toxins, side-effects of certain medications genetic or chromosomal disorders or other causes may cause birth defects.

The team at Levy Konigsberg LLP is dedicated to helping families understand the causes of birth defects and how they can seek compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys work with medical professionals to determine the cause of birth defects and whether they are caused by exposure to chemicals or environmental factors.

David Strouss, managing partner and senior trial attorney, is a leader when it comes to birth defects litigation. He defends clients against large corporations that have exposed them toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands cases in the United States and across the world. He was the lead plaintiff in a few of the first birth defect cases involving solvents used in semiconductor manufacturing, agriculture industries and pesticides.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex product liability litigation and birth defect cases. She graduated from Williams College with a magna sum laude and Columbia Law School. Before joining the firm she was an Assistant District Attorney at Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has recouped millions of dollars in settlements for clients and is an expert in all types litigation including mass torts and class action claims.

Product Liability

While modern medical technology has significantly reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and birth defects remain frequent. These problems can have a significant impact on the lives of parents and infants.

While many birth defect lawsuits injuries and birth defects result from environmental or genetic factors but they can also be due to healthcare providers' negligence during pregnancy or the birth. These errors include prescribing incorrect medications or failing to monitor the mother for signs of prenatal damage.

It is often difficult to distinguish between a birth injury and a birth defect. Birth injuries happen during labor and birth, birth defects develop in the womb and usually cause long-term damage to the body of the fetus' structure or function.

If a child is born with an abnormality in birth due to someone else's negligent decision or inaction or act appropriately, the child may be entitled to compensation. This compensation is given to the person who was injured and placed in trust for the benefit of the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers focus on the environmental causes that cause these disorders and collaborate with a national network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemical that cause developmental delays, congenital disabilities and other serious birth defects. Managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her thirty years of legal career to exposing women who have been exposed to arsenic, mercury and other toxic heavy chemical and metals that cause reproductive issues and birth defects in children.