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Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child suffers from a birth defect caused by negligence and carelessness, you are entitled to compensation. These damages could include medical costs in addition to lost wages and punitive damages in a few cases.

A Pompano Beach injury lawyer can assist you in obtaining compensation for 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 your family's future. If they make a mistake that results in birth defects or injuries the child could be subject to years of financial strain and physical and emotional challenges throughout their life.

Birth injury attorneys can help you bring a claim against those who may be responsible for the medical issues of your child regardless of whether it was a hospital or doctor that committed a mistake during the birthing and delivery process or if the cause of the birth defect of your child was something that occurred to your baby prior to birth. A Queens birth defect lawyer can review your case, provide important insights, and connect with medical experts who will analyze the evidence.

A doctor could make a mistake that can lead to a birth deformity for instance, in the event that he prescribed a medication which increased the risk of being affected, or if he failed to conduct certain screenings and tests during pregnancy. These are examples of medical malpractice that could be grounds for an action. If your child suffers from an anomaly in the birth which you believe is due to a medical error You are entitled to compensation for past and future costs related to your baby's health treatment. A successful lawsuit may also compensate you for the loss of income, emotional distress, or any other losses which you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects are caused by prescription drugs and over-the counter medications and exposure to chemicals in the home or workplace and other environmental dangers. Unfortunately, the costs of these health issues is huge. Parents often ask themselves what caused their child's condition and where to turn when costs for costly treatments and procedures mount up.

Medicines are required to undergo thorough testing before they can be sold on the market, and drug makers are expected to anticipate any possible adverse reactions. If they fail to meet this requirement, they could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits that are filed by consumers who suffer from the issue. An experienced birth defect lawyer can help determine whether the defective medication is at fault for your child's health issues.

If you believe that your child's birth defect could be caused by a specific medication, start by documenting your symptoms and storing the medicine packaging and receipts. Also, note the date you first began to notice symptoms in your child. This is crucial for determining the statute of limitations.

If your child was exposed to a harmful substance that caused the condition, you have only one year to bring a lawsuit. A skilled attorney for birth defects can help you create an effective case and ensure that your child's rights are secured. They will also be able to provide the financial assistance you require to cover the costs of necessary treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious issues that affect the structure of the parts of a child's body. They may be caused by environmental toxins, side effects of certain medications or genetic or chromosomal anomalies.

The team at Levy Konigsberg LLP is dedicated to helping families understand the cause of birth defects and how they can pursue compensation from responsible parties. Our attorneys work with a team of medical experts to determine if a particular birth defect is related to chemical exposure or other environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation. He defends clients against large corporations that exposed them to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases in the United States and around the globe. He prosecuted some of the first birth defect lawsuits, involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in agriculture industries, pesticide sprays or drift exposures caused by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals like lead.

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

Product Liability

Birth injuries and defects continue to occur despite the fact that medical technology has greatly decreased the risk of pregnancy. These problems can have a huge impact on the quality of life of babies and their parents.

While many birth defects or injuries are caused by genetic or environmental factors they also can result from the inattention of health care professionals during the pregnancy or during delivery. These errors include prescribing incorrect medication or not monitoring the mother for signs prenatal damage.

The distinction between a birth injury and a birth defect may be confusing. Birth injuries happen during labor and birth, birth defects develop in the womb. They usually have a long-term impact on the fetus' overall body structure or function.

If a baby is born with an anomaly in the birth due to someone else's negligent decision or inaction and act accordingly, the child may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the person who suffered and is held in trust for the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect attorneys focus on environmental causes of these conditions and collaborate with a national network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemicals that cause developmental delays, congenital disabilities, and other grave birth defects. Our managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30 years of legal experience to bringing justice to women who have been exposed to arsenic, mercury and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that can cause birth defects and reproductive issues in infants.