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Birth Defect Attorneys

If you have a child who has a birth defect due to negligence or carelessness, you are entitled to compensation. These damages can include medical costs or lost wages, as well as punitive damage in some cases.

A Pompano Beach injury lawyer can help you obtain compensation for your child's injuries and future medical expenses. Birth defects are often caused by medical malpractice, defective drugs, and exposure to toxic substances.

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who treat your child may have an enormous impact on the future of your family. If they make a misstep that causes birth defects or injuries your child may be faced with years of financial stress and physical and emotional struggles throughout their life.

Birth injury attorneys can help to file a claim against those who may be responsible for your child's medical issues whether it's a doctor or hospital who made a mistake in the labor and delivery process or if the cause of the birth defect of your child was something that happened to your baby prior to birth. A Queens birth defect attorney will analyze your case and provide valuable information, and connect you with medical experts to analyze the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that leads to a birth defect, for example when he prescribed medication that increased your baby's risk of developing the condition or if he was unable to perform certain screenings and tests during pregnancy. These are all instances of medical malpractice which may be grounds for a lawsuit. If you think that a medical error caused birth defects in your child, you are entitled to compensation for your past and future health care expenses. A successful lawsuit can also compensate you for your loss of income, emotional stress or other losses which you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects are caused by prescription medications, over-the-counter medications and exposure to chemicals in the home or workplace, and other environmental hazards. Unfortunately, these medical conditions are very expensive. Parents often wonder what triggered their child's condition, and where to turn when bills for expensive treatments and procedures mount up.

Medicines are required to undergo thorough testing before they can be sold on the market, and drug manufacturers are expected to be aware of any potential adverse effects. If they fail to follow this procedure they could be held accountable for lawsuits involving product liability that are filed by consumers who suffer from the issue. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to determine if a drug that is not working is to blame for the health complications of your child.

If you believe that your child's birth defect could be related to a specific drug begin by logging your symptoms and keeping prescription packaging and receipts. You should also note the date that you first noticed your child's symptoms. This information is crucial in determining the statute of limitations for filing an insurance claim.

If your child was exposed to a harmful substance that caused their condition, you've only one year to start a lawsuit. A skilled birth defect attorney can help you build an effective case and ensure that your child's rights are secured. They can also offer the financial aid you need to cover the costs of necessary treatment.

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Birth defects are serious issues that can affect the structure and function of various parts of a child's body. Environmental toxins, adverse effects of certain medications and genetic or chromosomal abnormalities or other causes can cause birth defect law firm defects.

Levy Konigsberg LLP's staff is committed to helping families better understand the causes of birth defects and what they can do to seek compensation from the parties responsible. Our lawyers collaborate with a network of medical experts to determine if an individual birth defect is caused by chemical exposure or other 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 who have exposed them to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases in the United States and around the globe. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits, involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in the agricultural industries; pesticide spray or drift exposures caused by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals, such as lead.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex legal cases involving product liability as well as birth defect cases. She graduated as a magna cumlaude from Williams College and from Columbia Law School. Before joining the firm, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney at Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has recouped millions in settlements for her clients. She is experienced in all types of litigation, including class actions and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

Although modern medical technology has greatly reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and defects are still common. These conditions can have a major impact on the lives of parents and infants.

While many birth defects or injuries are the result of environmental or genetic causes, they can also be caused by the carelessness of health professionals during the pregnancy or during delivery. These errors include prescribing incorrect medications or failing to monitor the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It can be difficult to tell between a birth injury or a birth defect. While birth injuries happen during labor and delivery the birth defect develops in the womb, and often have a long-term effect on the fetus' general body structure or function.

If a baby is born with an anomaly in the birth because of someone else's negligence action or inability to act, that child may be entitled to compensation. This compensation is granted to the victim and is placed in trust for the benefit of the child.

Our Queens birth defects lawyers at Phillips & Paolicelli focus on environmental causes and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogens chemicals that have been linked to developmental delays and congenital disabilities. Diane Paolicelli, managing partner, has dedicated her legal career for over 30 years to helping women who have been exposed to toxic heavy metals, chemicals and heavy metals that cause birth defects and reproductive problems in children.